udev - hotplug - hal

[Barry Marler]

On 9/27/05, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> Barry Marler wrote:
>
> > On 9/27/05, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> >> Barry Marler wrote:
> >>
> >> > On 9/26/05, john <sorosj at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> hi
> >> >> am I wrong, or is it really true I only need one of these: udev -
> >> >> hotplug - hal
> >> >> I have all three running on my system and would be surprised to learn
> >> >> that I only need one
> >> >
> >> > You can live without hotplug and hal, but they make your life easier.
> >>
> >> I suppose - though you either need all your modules compiled into the
> >> kernel or manually entered in /etc/modules (or whatever its current
> >> equivalent is - one reason for keeping hotplug, I can't remember where to
> >> do module overrides anymore!).
> >
> > You can build your own kernerl, config your own module loading, etc.
>
> Of course you can.  That's where the "make your life easier" comes in. :-)
> I used to always compile my own.  Now that I actually have a system that
> will run with a stock kernel, I can't be bothered.
> --

Sure, depends on your needs. I have 4 Gentoo servers, with custom
built kernels, no initrd, etc., in addition to 3 Ubuntu servers, and 2
Ubuntu workstations, that are happily using the Ubuntu binaries.