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On Mar 28, 2012 6:23 AM, "Joshua Kinard" <kumba@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 03/27/2012 12:23, Zac Medico wrote: |
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> >> 2b) If one does not want to use an initramfs, one must use mdev |
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> > I'd leave option 2b undocumented. It's fragile and it will only work up |
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> > until something else breaks, and then we'll have another big "OMG |
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they're |
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> > forcing us to use an initramfs" discussion and have to update the |
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> > documentation again. |
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> Not undocumented, but with a link to this Wiki entry: |
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> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Mdev |
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> And a BIG FAT WARNING that it's risky, and only suitable for extremely |
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> simple system builds. It works fine for me on my main dev box and a VM. |
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> I'll know how it works on MIPS when I get that machine properly updated. |
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> Doesn't mean it'll work for everyone, but we're about choice, and we |
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should |
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> at least put a mention in, even if it's a choice that will be rarely |
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taken. |
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"Simple" is relative. I tend to say "non-exotic". |
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mdev is perfectly usable on my virtualized servers, whose devices are both |
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non-exotic (from the VM's point of view) and static. |
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Just recently, I polled the server mailing list, and while there's no clear |
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consensus, there are responders don't like option 2a because it involves an |
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initramfs. |
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But the essence is exactly what Joshua wrote in his last paragraph: it's |
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about choice. The user's (or sysadmin's) choice. |
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Rgds, |