From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from relay.ihostexchange.net ([66.46.182.57]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0EuA-0005Kj-F0 for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:43:07 +0200 Received: from kwong-desktop.localnet (209.52.149.70) by smtp.ihostexchange.net (66.46.182.50) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 8.3.106.1; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:40:41 -0400 From: Kelvie Wong Organization: Wurldtech Security Technologies Inc. To: Otavio Salvador Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:39:39 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.32-24-generic-pae; KDE/4.5.1; i686; ; ) References: <1285434426-17736-1-git-send-email-kwong@wurldtech.com> <1285434426-17736-2-git-send-email-kwong@wurldtech.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <201009270739.40204.kwong@wurldtech.com> X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 66.46.182.57 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: kwong@wurldtech.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on discovery X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Cc: "openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] initramfs-module-udev: New module X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:43:09 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On September 25, 2010 03:29:15 pm Otavio Salvador wrote: > Hello, > > On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Kelvie Wong wrote: > > This launches (and kills) udev during the initramfs procedure to populate > > the /dev tree as udev would. > > I didn't get /why/ do you kill it after starting. > > Personally I think this could be supported by not enabled by default. > This might be an option that could be set by image. This was to let the rest of the boot process start udev, if it wants to. All I need udev for is to populate /dev (specifically, the nodes in /dev/disk to set the root partition by label, e.g. for USB disk partitions); I don't want to leave processes running when doing the chroot, either. -- Kelvie Wong Software Developer Wurldtech Security Technologies Inc. Suite 1680 - 401 West Georgia St. Vancouver, B.C. V6B 5A1 Canada Phone: + 1.604.669.6674 Toll Free: + 1.877.369.6674 Fax: + 1.604.669.2902 Website: http://www.wurldtech.com/ "ARE YOU ACHILLES CERTIFIED?" This message is intended only for the named recipients. This message may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any dissemination or copying of this message by anyone other than a named recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not a named recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to a named recipient, please notify us immediately by telephone at 604-669-6674, and permanently destroy this message and any copies you may have. Email may not be secure unless properly encrypted.