linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] add new API to sysfs and device core code

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:38:50 -0700
From:	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@...onical.com>, hmh@....eng.br,
	rpurdie@...ys.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-leds@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] add new API to sysfs and device core code

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:02:40PM +0800, Bryan Wu wrote:
>> Send out a uevent when create file in sysfs, which is required by userspace
>> application such udev in Android
>
> There is no such thing as "udev in Android" the last time I looked.
>
> Has this changed?

Android does not use udev, but it does have a daemon that listens for
uevents (ueventd).  I used udev in my previous examples because the
issue is not specific to Android.
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