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The 03/01/12, Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> But I can see a use case for mdev completely replacing udev: servers and |
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> virtual machines. |
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> Servers, especially production ones, have a hardware change only once in |
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> every two blue moons. They don't need all the bells and whistles of udev. |
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> Even more so when you've gone the virtualized route. |
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> Since servers are arguably where Linux shines the most, mdev should be |
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> seriously considered as a udev replacement. |
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But servers have enough ressources to run udev and any required |
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initramfs to mount /usr. |
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So, the question is where engineering should go: |
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- mdev and manually manage /dev devices if nedded |
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- rely on initramfs to mount /usr. |
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As initramfs is a prooven working solution, all distributions I know use |
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it either by default or if needed. |
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Also, I think the coming problem you will be face with in the mdev way |
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is the move of binaries from /bin to /usr/bin and so. |
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Nicolas Sebrecht |
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