[PATCH] add a "first" list to udevstart and make it contain the class/mem/ devices

Seems some programs really want /dev/null to work properly :)

diff --git a/udevstart.c b/udevstart.c
index cb1c78888c299953b63fcef522d65470c146c886..9c1d69503d68c959eafd9ec741c491278e898f86 100644 (file)
--- a/udevstart.c
+++ b/udevstart.c
@@ -80,15 +80,33 @@ static char *last_list[] = {
        NULL,
 };
 
+/* list of devices that we should run first due to any one of a number of reasons */
+static char *first_list[] = {
+       "/class/mem",   /* people tend to like their memory devices around first... */
+       NULL,
+};
+
 static void exec_list(struct list_head *device_list)
 {
        struct device *loop_device;
        struct device *tmp_device;
+       int i;
+
+       /* handle the "first" type devices first */
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(loop_device, tmp_device, device_list, list) {
+               for (i=0; first_list[i] != NULL; i++) {
+                       if (strncmp(loop_device->path, first_list[i], strlen(first_list[i])) == 0) {
+                               udev_add_device(loop_device->path, loop_device->subsys, NOFAKE);
+                               list_del(&loop_device->list);
+                               free(loop_device);
+                               break;
+                       }
+               }
+       }
 
        /* handle the devices we are allowed to, excluding the "last" type devices */
        list_for_each_entry_safe(loop_device, tmp_device, device_list, list) {
                int found = 0;
-               int i;
                for (i=0; last_list[i] != NULL; i++) {
                        if (strncmp(loop_device->path, last_list[i], strlen(last_list[i])) == 0) {
                                found = 1;