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On 03/19/2012 08:15 AM, Michael Mol wrote: |
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> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:56 AM, walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> I just had a bit of a scare after updating to udev-181, but |
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>> all is well now, finally. (I hope :) |
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>> In addition to the separate /usr problem that has already |
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>> been discussed at length here, there are other important |
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>> changes in udev-181 to be aware of. |
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>> First, I had to add two new items to my kernel config: |
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>> CONFIG_DEV_TMPFS (which I thought I'd had for years but didn't) |
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>> and CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL. I also elected to make the devfs |
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>> automounting, but I don't think that was really necessary. |
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>> Second, don't forget like I did to update the udev initscripts |
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>> with etc-update or your machine won't be able to find the udev |
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>> files in their new locations (just like mine didn't) and none |
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>> of your kernel modules will auto-load, either. |
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>> Oh, and of course you need to pre-mount /usr before udev starts |
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>> if you have a separate /usr partition -- but you already knew |
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>> that ;) |
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> Is there an ENOTICE warning in the ebuild to hit people over the head |
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> with these? |
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> Also, how trivial would it be to have the ebuild check the running |
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> kernel config (if available under /proc or wherever) for the necessary |
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> config options? |
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Yes, I found out about the added kernel config items from the ENOTICE, |
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but I wanted to point out that it needs to be done *before* you reboot |
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or you'll be in trouble. Even better if you do it before you update |
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udevd, I'd say. |
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If the warning to run etc-update appeared, I missed it :( which I |
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usually don't. |
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