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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2009-12-17 13:07:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2009-12-17 13:07:19 +0000 |
| commit | 0f30d59796ce5c9fdd61791f0b6f8c4a3de39d9b (patch) | |
| tree | 4a429c00531492ed1d5779e634bbce9813e5fc02 /www | |
| parent | b73c9ce35e68f6468f3152c859643ec3a14b3492 (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-0f30d59796ce5c9fdd61791f0b6f8c4a3de39d9b.tar.gz | |
Remove an obsolete caveat.
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diff --git a/www/hacking.html b/www/hacking.html index b2e995f6..274d0f72 100644 --- a/www/hacking.html +++ b/www/hacking.html @@ -917,20 +917,10 @@ is so you can use it to set the system clock.</p> <h2 id="hotplug">Hotplug interface problems</h2> <p>The hotplug interface works pretty nicely for telling gpsd which -device to look at, at least on Fedora and Ubuntu Linux machines. The fly -in the ointment is that we're using a deprecated version of the -interface, the old-style /etc/hotplug version with usermap files.</p> - -<p>It is unlikely this interface will be dropped by distro makers any -time soon, because it's supporting a bunch of popular USB cameras. -Still, it would be nice not to be using a deprecated interface.</p> - -<p>There is experimental udev support in the distribution now. Someday -this will replace the hotplug stuff.</p> - -<p>A more general problem: the hotplug code we have is Linux-specific. -OpenBSD (at least) features a hotplug daemon with similar -capabilities. We ought to do the right thing there as well.</p> +device to look at, at least on Fedora and Ubuntu Linux machines. But +it's Linux-specific. OpenBSD (at least) features a hotplug daemon +with similar capabilities. We ought to do the right thing there as +well.</p> <h2 id="security">Security Issues</h2> |