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On Mar 21, 2012 4:23 PM, "Halassy Zoltán" <zhalassy@×××××××.hu> wrote: |
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>> IMO, initramfs adds yet another black box during server boot. |
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> The other way around, for me at least. I build my own initramfs, yet I |
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don't know anything about mdev, just the fact it's part of busybox. So for |
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me, mdev is a black box, while my initramfs definitely isn't. |
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I see. Well, different views for different people, I guess. |
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It's easier for me to bypass mdev (if it's b0rken) than to bypass initramfs. |
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>> And yet |
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>> another daemon in memory, something I certainly don't need on my static |
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> I agree with that. But why do you need mdev for a static system? A few |
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mknods would suffice. |
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It allows triggered action when I (for example) attach a (virtual) hard |
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disk to my VM. |
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Rgds, |