Re: [PATCH 2/3] initramfs-module-udev: New module

[Kelvie Wong <kwong@wurldtech.com>]

On September 27, 2010 07:51:43 am Otavio Salvador wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Kelvie Wong <kwong@wurldtech.com> wrote:
> > This was to let the rest of the boot process start udev, if it wants to.
> 
> Right.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> For systems that are going to _use_ udev this looks like wasting CPU
> time and IO.
> 
> I see your point but I believe it might be an optional behaviour.

I am unfamiliar with how udev works in this case -- if I leave it running, and 
another tmpfs is mounted on the new /dev (outside of the initrd), does it get 
populated unless udev is restarted?

(Sorry for the double send, didn't mean to take it off list)
-- 
Kelvie Wong
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