On September 27, 2010 07:51:43 am Otavio Salvador wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Kelvie Wong <kw...@wurldtech.com> wrote: > > This was to let the rest of the boot process start udev, if it wants to. > > Right. > > > All I need udev for is to populate /dev (specifically, the nodes in > > /dev/disk to set the root partition by label, e.g. for USB disk > > partitions); I don't want to leave processes running when doing the > > chroot, either. > > For systems that are going to _use_ udev this looks like wasting CPU > time and IO. > > I see your point but I believe it might be an optional behaviour.
I am unfamiliar with how udev works in this case -- if I leave it running, and another tmpfs is mounted on the new /dev (outside of the initrd), does it get populated unless udev is restarted? (Sorry for the double send, didn't mean to take it off list) -- Kelvie Wong Software Developer Wurldtech Security Technologies Inc. Suite 1680 - 401 West Georgia St. Vancouver, B.C. V6B 5A1 Canada Phone: + 1.604.669.6674 Toll Free: + 1.877.369.6674 Fax: + 1.604.669.2902 Website: http://www.wurldtech.com/ "ARE YOU ACHILLES CERTIFIED?" This message is intended only for the named recipients. This message may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any dissemination or copying of this message by anyone other than a named recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not a named recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to a named recipient, please notify us immediately by telephone at 604-669-6674, and permanently destroy this message and any copies you may have. Email may not be secure unless properly encrypted. _______________________________________________ Openembedded-devel mailing list Openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel