Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: InitRAMFS - boot expert sought
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:02:27
Message-Id: 20120329140033.40ef403f@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: InitRAMFS - boot expert sought by Nicolas Sebrecht
1 On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:05:30 +0200, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote:
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3 > > Why on earth is udev launching daemons in EARLY BOOT?
4 >
5 > udev launches nothing. udev scripts do. These scripts are not part of
6 > udev.
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8 That is true, but udev provides no control over when these scripts are
9 run. udev starts in early boot, because /some/ of its function is needed
10 then, and it then tries to run rules for all detected hardware. This is a
11 flaw in udev.
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15 Neil Bothwick
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17 In possession of a mind not merely twisted, but actually sprained.

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