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From: William Hubbs <williamh@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Stability of /sys api
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 02:14:30
Message-Id: 20120515021334.GA12490@linux1
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Stability of /sys api by Greg KH
1 On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 06:23:36PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
2 > Actually with all the hype about mdev these days, why not just use a 3
3 > year old version of udev (or maybe 4), that is probably what mdev is at
4 > as far as functionality goes. Why not just fork udev from then and go
5 > forward from that? What exactly are you not liking in udev that makes
6 > you want to get rid of it so badly? What is it doing that bothers
7 > people so much?
8
9 I'm wondering the same thing since once busybox 1.20.0 hits stable you
10 will be able to have a separate /usr without an initramfs quite easily
11 if that's what you want to do.
12
13 When you emerge this version of busybox with the "sep-usr" use flag, you
14 get a binary in / called ginit. Now just follow the instructions you got
15 when you emerged it.
16
17 William

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[gentoo-dev] Re: Stability of /sys api Steven J Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk>