Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 May 2009 14:12:35 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] driver-core: devtmpfs - driver core maintained /dev tmpfs |
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> a) running before /dev/null and /dev/console requires hacks
Not really, well not if you are writing a serious small tool anyway. In actual fact the bigger problem if you are using the standard dynamic link setup (which you wouldn't be I suspect) is /dev/zero.
> b) it requires an initramfs > c) it pulls everything that hooks into or otherwise affects udev into > the initramfs; that's much more than we have at present, and a bigger > initramfs' can only make bootup _slower_.
Ditto a bigger kernel. Remember moving stuff from initramfs to the kernel makes it less memory efficient usually as its now harder to get rid of and not pageable later on either.
Alan
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