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On 09/19/2011 05:10, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> Could we stop putting random stuff in random dirs because 'it will |
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> work'? /etc is _SYSCONFDIR_. I don't see how PCI IDs are config at all. |
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The best answer is for someone to look into udev and see what it needs |
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exactly from /usr. Does it really need pci.ids? Or is it just the fact |
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that random udev rules might rely on a tool/lib in /usr? |
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Former, yes, pci.ids is perfectly valid to go into /etc. It specifies a |
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mapping of PCI ID numbers to device strings used in udev rules. |
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In the latter case, maybe rules specifically required for booting up enough |
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to mount disks need to be isolated into their own file and udev pointed |
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there, then re-pointed to the bigger file after /usr is made available. If |
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that is even possible. |
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Note: I'm brainstorming here. Anyone else? |
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> As I see it, the simplest solution would be to lay out the minimal |
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> initramfs contents to rootfs and make it mount /usr and stuff before |
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> starting actual rc. This should cut all the complaints and possibly let |
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> us move some stuff back to /usr where it belongs. |
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Yes, but some of us don't even want to have that initramfs built into our |
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kernels. And no one, other than freedesktop.org* and a few people on |
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linux-hotplug-devel*, said everything belongs in /usr. FHS clearly defines |
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the roles for /, /bin, /sbin, /lib*, /usr, /var, /home, /tmp and the virtual |
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fses. Plus others. |
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http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken |
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http://marc.info/?l=linux-hotplug&m=131206447302056&w=2 |
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Really, MacOS's filesystem layout is not something anyone in their right |
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mind should deign to mimic/copy. |
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Joshua Kinard |
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Gentoo/MIPS |
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kumba@g.o |
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4096R/D25D95E3 2011-03-28 |
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"The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the future frightens us. And |
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our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast, terrible in-between." |
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--Emperor Turhan, Centauri Republic |
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