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On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 10:00:26PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote |
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> i've added a new USE=sep-usr flag to busybox. when enabled, this |
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> will install a static busybox at /ginit (and have the other busybox |
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> paths symlink to that so there's no overhead). this new applet has |
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> a hand written set of commands to automatically mount /dev /proc |
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> /sys /usr and seed /dev, and then execute the real init (defaulting |
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> to /sbin/init). |
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> to use it, update your kernel command line (in grub.conf or whatever) with: |
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> init=/ginit |
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> if you want to use a different init from /sbin/init, then just do: |
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> init=/ginit /some/other/init |
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Hi. I've done some rabble-rousing (and beta testing) about replacing |
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udev with mdev, and other people have picked up the cause at |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Mdev If you can automate 90% of the manual |
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process, please contribute the details to that wiki page. |
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The one thing I'm leary of is moving the actual app from /bin/busybox |
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to /ginit. IANACP (I Am Not A C Programmer), let alone a developer, so |
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I may be missing something. Is there an overwhelming reason to depart |
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from the standard location for busybox? Why move the binary to /ginit, |
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rather than make a symlink from /bin/busybox to /ginit? |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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