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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev; version 3
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:44:42
Message-Id: 20120103164317.51d681da@rohan.example.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev; version 3 by Nicolas Sebrecht
1 On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:31:20 +0100
2 Nicolas Sebrecht <nsebrecht@×××××.fr> wrote:
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4 > > Then again, using initramfs is yet-another-component waiting to
5 > > break.
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7 > > Knowing Murphy's Law, it will one day fuck up everything.
8 >
9 > And the mdev alternative won't follow this law?
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12 It's not immune to it, just statistically less likely to be affected.
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14 mdev sans initramfs is a less complex solution than udev plus
15 initramfs. Ergo, all other things being equal, less bits to break.
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20 Alan McKinnnon
21 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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