Spent time optimizing udev rules

Posted Aug 13, 2008 15:06 UTC (Wed) by pr1268 (guest, #24648)
In reply to: That sort of defies the allure of running Linux to begin with by walters
Parent article: Udev rules and the management of the plumbing layer

Out of curiosity, have you ever *really* spent time optimizing your udev rules?

As a matter of fact, I have hacked some of the *.rules files in the rules.d udev directory in order to eliminate extraneous/unneeded symlinks in /dev. But, after re-reading the article and gathering others' thoughts from their comments, I'm unsure now whether this "optimizing" is related to the article's point.

As for elanthis's comment below: chill out, dude! I didn't mean to strike a nerve. While I stand firm with my assertion that end-user choice was/is amongst my reasons for using Linux, I will concede that my original comment was short-sighted and reactionary. I blame my thoughts about lack-of-choice on leftover resentments over the Jörg Schilling/Cdrtools debacle. I'm sorry for projecting that frustration on the udev developers.