On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 10:28:15PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > Wait a minute. This is getting interesting. I seem to hear you saying > that, until Devuan has vdev, I could replace udev with mdev from > busybox, but only if I don't use a "full-fledged desktop environment."
As far as I understand, mdev knows only about a subset of devices, and has no fancy rules implemented by udev; vdev on the other hand tries to do as much of udev does as reasonably possible. mdev's purpose is to boot a simple rescue system. > You're a server guy, whereas I'm a desktop guy who likes to have his > underlying operating system built like a server. Given my situation, it > looks to me like I'd need to just replace udev commands with mdev > commands in a few rc scripts and init scripts. That sound reasonable? Depends if you want just simple "mount /dev/sda" or some raid on encrypted lvm. Connected via iSCSI for an extra bonus. Meow! -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ A dumb species has no way to open a tuna can. ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ A smart species invents a can opener. ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ A master species delegates. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
