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diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html index 37a7457..728ae5e 100644 --- a/doc/index.html +++ b/doc/index.html @@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ every time it receives an event (which can add up to hundreds of times at boot!) By contrast, mdevd only parses its config file when it starts - or when it is told to read it again by a SIGHUP; the event processing is streamlined, it does not involve any parsing or any kind of expensive -operation - so it is significantly faster. </li> +operation - so it is significantly faster. Additionally, unlike mdev, +mdevd does not fork its helper scripts — it uses +<a href="https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/posix_spawn.html">posix_spawn</a> +instead, which is a lot faster. </li> <li> Independence from busybox: <tt>mdev</tt> is part of the <a href="https://busybox.net/">busybox</a> software. It is an advantage when busybox is also used to provide other functionality, such as @@ -99,11 +102,11 @@ and does not pull in any unnecessary code. </li> The Linux kernel must be 2.6.10 or later. </li> <li> GNU make, version 3.81 or later </li> <li> <a href="//skarnet.org/software/skalibs/">skalibs</a> version -2.13.2.0 or later. It's a build-time requirement. It's also a run-time +2.14.0.0 or later. It's a build-time requirement. It's also a run-time requirement if you link against the shared version of the skalibs library. </li> <li> Optionally: <a href="//skarnet.org/software/execline/">nsss</a> -version 0.2.0.3 or later. It's a build-time and run-time requirement, if +version 0.2.0.4 or later. It's a build-time and run-time requirement, if you use the <tt>--enable-nsss</tt> option to configure; but you would only do that if you're replacing nsswitch on your whole system, and most people are not. </li> |