From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: "Embedded Linux PPC list" Subject: Re: list of 2.6-related migration issues for embedded programmers? References: From: "Linh Dang" Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 13:32:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Robert P. J. Day's message of "Mon, 19 Jul 2004 08:15:41 -0400") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On 19 Jul 2004, rpjday@mindspring.com wrote: > > > - replace devfs with udev: currently, even with my current 8xx 2.6 > build, i'm sticking with devfs until i'm confident i understand > enough to move up. It depends on your need. For our project, we don't use neither. Our init script read sysfs and do all the mknod-ings at boot time. it's just 2 for-loops of 3-lines each. But ofcourse, we have no hot-plug devices nor loadable modules. > > - initramfs: currently, i'm still using a zImage.initrd-based > image, and all i know about initramfs is that it's checked for at > boot time. should i care about it? at some point, probably, i'm > sure. initramfs is convenient. you don't need root access nor special tools to create the root-fs. it very easy when you want to version-controlled you root-fs. my $0.02 -- L.D. ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/