Category:Device Manager: Difference between revisions
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* '''[[mdevd]]''' is standalone, compatible with mdev, more efficient. | * '''[[mdevd]]''' is standalone, compatible with mdev, more efficient. | ||
* '''[[eudev]]''' is the complex, full-featured one. | * '''[[eudev]]''' is the complex, full-featured one. | ||
== See Also == | |||
* [[Mdev#libudev_replacement|libudev replacement]] | |||
Revision as of 11:11, 22 September 2023
A device manager is a program that manages device nodes in the /dev directory. It is responsible for things like hot-plugging usb devices.
Alpine linux has several device managers available:
- mdev (from busybox) is the default.
- mdevd is standalone, compatible with mdev, more efficient.
- eudev is the complex, full-featured one.