From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JBx9U-0001MQ-51 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:56:48 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBx9S-0001Kc-Oo for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:56:46 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBx9O-0001Dd-AP for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:56:46 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBx9O-0001DV-63 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:56:42 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JBx9N-0005kD-RQ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:56:41 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JBx9M-0006bD-MD; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:56:41 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JBx83-0004PR-71; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:55:19 +0100 Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 19:55:19 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: "Pascal A. Dupuis" Message-ID: <20080107185519.GA16913@thorin> References: <20080103221423.GA6243@example.org> <20080103235459.GA7520@thorin> <200801050231.52190.okuji@enbug.org> <20080105120139.GC20032@thorin> <20080107173959.GB4680@example.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080107173959.GB4680@example.org> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Cc: The development of GRUB 2 Subject: Re: grub-pc: installation failure under linux + udev X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:56:47 -0000 On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 06:39:59PM +0100, Pascal A. Dupuis wrote: > On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 01:01:39PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > > > > > > > What does everyone else think? > > > > > > As long as it works fine, no problem. :) > > > > Ok, fixed. > > > > I guess was I sent was the simplest test. Otherwise you should have > to start other processes, like: > ps ax| grep udev > udevinfo --query=all --name="dev of the root drive" > > OTOH, you could also apply the Open Source Motto, 'release early, release > often', so that others may further optimise my patch, if required. Actually, what I did was not checking for devfs at all, and probe for devfs-style devices unconditionally. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)