[systemd-devel] Udev rules

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 2:08 AM, Michael <scrat_here at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi
> why can't the Udev rules be automated or removed? As described here users
> only need to paste infos from lsusb etc.
> https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/72733-writing-and-debugging-udev-rules/&page=2
> But such a huge pain in the ass that no other os needs.

Umm, no. The other OSes need similar things, as it is very hard (read:
impossible) to accurately classify devices based only on information
in their HID descriptors (and many hardware vendors put extra stuff in
the HID descriptors because they cut and paste bits of firmware code
from one project to another). You do not see these quirks because they
are hidden from you by vendor drivers, etc, etc. Here you simply have
visibility.

> It really holds off many potential new Linux users if they can't get their
> USB Joysticks working out of the box.
> Thanks for fixing and make Linux competitive to other os.
> I remember around a decade ago my joysticks simply worked out of the box
> before we got Udev.

Decade ago the world was much simpler.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry