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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] Driver Core: devtmpfs - kernel-maintained tmpfs-based /dev
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    Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes:
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    > It makes the userspace boot process much simpler and easier to maintain,
    > as well as providing a way to handle rescue disks and images trivially,
    > and it makes the kernel _less_ dependant on the early userspace bootup
    > scripts.

    As a initrd less kernel user I can really only agree: getting rid
    of the udev-in-initrd requirement would be a big step forward
    in usability. Typically I always have to pre populate
    a on disk /dev manually first to get my kernels to boot.

    > And then there's the great reason Kay previously stated, "if sysfs has
    > all the names, numbers, and device properties, why would we need complex
    > userspace to have the nodes?"

    Exactly.

    -Andi
    --
    ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.


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