Removal of pam_console questions

Linus Walleij triad at df.lth.se
Wed Nov 7 17:07:48 UTC 2007


On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Bill Nottingham wrote:

[thanks for answering...]

>> They both create a node /dev/libxxx-nnn and (...)
>
> They 'both create a node'... is this a manually created device node,
> not through udev?

It's created by udev, in order for pam_console to have something to hold 
on to, since it's a link to /dev/usb/00x/0yy/... (unpredictable, opaque 
device node).

This is then used by USB like the usermode scanner driver in 
sane-backends. (Same method there I think.)

Linus




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