Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Driver Core: devtmpfs - kernel-maintained tmpfs-based /dev | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:46:00 +0200 |
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Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes: > > 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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