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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 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 should |
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at least put a mention in, even if it's a choice that will be rarely taken. |
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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 |