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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem!
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:01:15
Message-Id: CAGfcS_mog7X0MtjSL9aeR1+=MnCWeAgDGpv6gAkbBj_8W9i93A@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! by Zac Medico
1 On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> wrote:
2 > On 03/14/2012 10:11 AM, Maxim Kammerer wrote:
3 >> What's wrong with:
4 >>   * having an "early mounts" list file
5 >>   * having an "early modules" list file
6 >>   * init system in early boot (e.g., OpenRC in init.sh) loading "early
7 >> modules" and mounting "early mounts" from /etc/fstab
8 >
9 > You're assuming that the /sbin/init hasn't migrated to /usr/sbin/init.
10 > Other that that, it sounds like a perfect solution if you're in the "I'd
11 > rather die than use an initramfs" camp.
12
13 Well, anybody is welcome to create any replacement/addition for
14 (/usr)/sbin/init or (/usr)/sbin/rc that they wish. If you make it
15 good enough, perhaps others will even use it.
16
17 Beyond that, anything else is just a suggestion. In the end the folks
18 writing udev and systemd are writing code, which gets them a lot
19 further than emails do... :)
20
21 Rich

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