at least it would be a nice try. Most desktop systems are simple in this regard and it guess it would work.
re, wh Am 15.09.2011 05:55, schrieb Walter Dnes: > Question... can mdev replace udev in an ordinary linux distro? Here's > the background... > > * The main developer for udev is an employee of Redhat > * He wants udev to be able to run arbitrary binaries/libraries, > (including those in /usr) very early in the boot process > * A very small percentage of users actually need this > * The developer's idea would *FORCE* 100% of all linux users into > either making /usr a true subdirectory on the same physical partion > as / or else booting with initramfs. > * Merging /usr into / goes against years of best-practices > * initramfs can be very difficult to debug if you make a mistake > > The udev developer sees nothing wrong with his approach, because > that's the way things are done at Redhat. This arrogance is on par with > the OpenOffice developers who at one point made Java a dependancy for > OpenOffice... did I mention that Sun/Oracle owns Java and controlled > OpenOffice? > > I'm not here to trash Fedora. I support their right to be inferior. > But when a Redhat employee uses his position as a udev developer to > force Redhat's ideas down the throats of all other linux distros this > gets many people angry. It has set off a firestorm on the Gentoo User > mailing list. > > Gentoo has /bin/busybox as part of the default system. There is also > an option to build busybox with libraries statically linked. IANAPP > (I Am Not A Professional Programmer), but I can do quite a bit of bash > scripting etc. In Gentoo, the user generally knows what peripherals he > has permanently connected to the machine. Plus you'll get the usual USB > keys and external drives being hooked up occasionally. > > If mdev can replace udev a lot of Gentoo users would be very happy. > You might even have to start a separate "mdev-users" list <G>. > _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
