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On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:01:49 +0100 |
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David W Noon <dwnoon@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:28:36 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote about Re: |
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> [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought: |
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> > On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:20:04 +0100 |
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> > David W Noon <dwnoon@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> [snip] |
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> > > The Gentoo developers have been discussing just that. The reason |
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> > > is that many of the daemons that can be started by udev scripts |
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> > > require work files on /var, so we could well need /var mounted |
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> > > too. |
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> > Which begs the obvious question, |
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> > Why on earth is udev launching daemons in EARLY BOOT? |
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> Your guess is as good as mine! |
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> At present, the first thing I see when udev starts is a failed attempt |
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> to run /usr/sbin/alsactl to restore the audio levels on my sound card. |
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> This occurs before localmount or any other services in the sysinit |
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> run-level have been started. Just why anybody wants sound before the |
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> disk volumes have been mounted baffles me; I guess people are just |
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> desperate for the comforts of stereo. |
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Perhaps the ability to hear the computer go "bing" when volumes |
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mount is a killer marketing feature.... |
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Reminds me of Sigourney Weaver's character in Galaxy Quest - she was |
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the bimbo who announced to the room whenever the computer went bing |
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> Perhaps my mind simply lacks |
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> the sophistication to understand the design of udev. |
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> I guess I'll just stick to my 80-column Hollerith cards. ... :-) |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |