From: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] devtmpfs and initramfs
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:33:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87aaca4l1y.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201107191222.19313.arnout@mind.be> (Arnout Vandecappelle's message of "Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:22:19 +0200")
>>>>> "Arnout" == Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be> writes:
Arnout> Hoi all,
Arnout> I'm using an initramfs as the root filesystem image, and
Arnout> devtmpfs for the devices. However, it turns out that devtmpfs
Arnout> doesn't get mounted automatically if the root filesystem is an
Arnout> initramfs (at least in 2.6.35).
Indeed, init/mainc::kernel_init() doesn't call prepare_namespace()
(which calls devtmpfs_mount()) if an initramfs with an /init is found.
Arnout> I ended up adding the following to my inittab:
Arnout> null::sysinit:/bin/mount -t devtmpfs devtmpfs /dev
Arnout> Does anyone know a more elegant solution?
Not really - Besides adding a devtmps_mount() call in kernel_init(), but
that's kind of icky as well.
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-19 10:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-19 10:22 [Buildroot] devtmpfs and initramfs Arnout Vandecappelle
2011-07-19 10:33 ` Peter Korsgaard [this message]
2011-07-19 11:23 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2011-07-20 7:44 ` Diego Iastrubni
2011-07-20 8:01 ` Peter Korsgaard
2011-07-20 8:03 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2011-07-20 8:15 ` Peter Korsgaard
2011-07-20 8:48 ` Diego Iastrubni
2011-07-20 8:57 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2011-07-20 10:52 ` Peter Korsgaard
2011-07-20 11:00 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2011-07-20 17:41 ` Peter Korsgaard
2011-07-20 15:10 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2011-07-20 15:29 ` Peter Korsgaard
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