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