[ale] udev/sndstat problem

[Jason Day]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 12:47:11AM -0800, Ken Arromdee wrote:
> However, udev appears to wipe out unrecognized entries in /dev, so whenever I
> reboot, the link is gone.  I can't figure out how to create a udev rule that
> allows this symbolic link to stay in existence.  (There is a way to create
> symlinks, but as far as I can figure out, only for particular devices, and
> udev doesn't think /proc/asound/oss/sndstat is a device.)

Hmm.  I'm using gentoo, and already have a link from /dev/sndstat to
/proc/asound/oss/sndstat.  Udev doesn't appear to know about this link
though, so my guess is that gentoo is creating it as part of the boot
process.

You might be able to write a udev rule using a SYSFS key.  Have a look
at this udev primer: http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html

> The best I can think of is to put something in /etc/rc.d/rc.local to recreate
> the symlink each reboot, but is there a proper way to do it?

That's probably the easiest way.  It *seems* to be what gentoo is doing,
but I could be wrong about that.

HTH,
Jason
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