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From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: udev_db must be in a ramfs
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 00:04:30 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1078445069.1760.16.camel@pim> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <32794.65.172.181.6.1078443718.squirrel@secure.cgi101.com>

On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 00:41, Ken Brush wrote:
> So, I ran a few tests on location of the tdb database (config file:
> udev_db variable). And was only able to put in a ramfs location for it.
> 
> So my main question is: Is this a bug or a feature? If it's a feature,
> I'll just submit a patch for the documentation to prevent people from
> trying to put it on a non-ramfs area. If it's a bug, then I would work on
> fixing it. :)

No, it's neither a bug nor a feature. :)
I'm able to place the db wherever I want on the filesystem.
udev doesn't know anything about ramfs, it works on any filesytem.

What is your problem exactly?

thanks,
Kay



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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-03-04 23:41 udev_db must be in a ramfs Ken Brush
2004-03-05  0:04 ` Kay Sievers [this message]
2004-03-05  0:11 ` Ken Brush
2004-03-05  0:22 ` Ken Brush
2004-03-06 13:25 ` Arnd Bergmann

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