Category:Device Manager: Difference between revisions

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A device manager is a program that manages device nodes in the /dev directory. It is responsible for things hot-plugging devices such as usb-sticks.

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.

Do I need a device manager?

This material is work-in-progress ...

Do not follow instructions here until this notice is removed.
(Last edited by Sertonix on 22 Sep 2023.)

Warning: this needs to be fact checked and should not be trusted yet!

A device manager is needed if the devices (like disk or keyboard) change after the system is booted. If this is not needed at all you might consider removing the device manager.

Todo: manually update /dev?

Pages in category "Device Manager"

The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.

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Eudev

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Mdev
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-A device manager is a program that manages [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_node device nodes] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devfs /dev] directory. It is responsible for things like hot-plugging usb devices.
+A device manager is a program that manages [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_node device nodes] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devfs /dev] directory. It is responsible for things hot-plugging devices such as usb-sticks.
 Alpine linux has several device managers available:
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 == Do I need a device manager? ==
-{{todo}}
+{{draft}}
+{{warning|this needs to be fact checked and should not be trusted yet!}}
+A device manager is needed if the devices (like disk or keyboard) change after the system is booted. If this is not needed at all you might consider removing the device manager.
+{{todo|manually update {{path|/dev}}?}}
 == See Also ==
 * [[Mdev#libudev_replacement|libudev replacement]]