Re: [Dng] Boot sequence: was vdev status update

2015-04-19 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 19/04/2015 01:39, Laurent Bercot a écrit : On 19/04/2015 01:06, Isaac Dunham wrote: I'm not sure exactly what the priority is, but the kernel searches /sbin/init, /init, and /linuxrc at least. From the kernel source (init/main.c): if (!try_to_run_init_process("/sbin/init") ||

Re: [Dng] Fwd: [dng] vdev status update

2015-04-19 Thread Anto
On 19/04/15 05:56, Jude Nelson wrote: Hi Anto, On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Anto > wrote: Hello Jude, Sorry for keep sending emails instead of sending them at once. I just thought it will be good to have comparison of the logs with the successful

Re: [Dng] Boot sequence: was vdev status update

2015-04-19 Thread Laurent Bercot
On 19/04/2015 09:19, Didier Kryn wrote: Hi Laurent. I suspect, from a recent experience that /linuxrc is tried even before /init. Yes, but AFAICT, it's only when an initrd is used. (The relevant piece of code is init/do_mounts_initrd.c) And initramfs is not considered as an initrd, so /

Re: [Dng] Boot sequence: was vdev status update

2015-04-19 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/initrd.txt might come in handy /j signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [Dng] Boot sequence: was vdev status update

2015-04-19 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 19/04/2015 16:44, Joerg Reisenweber a écrit : https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/initrd.txt might come in handy /j Thanks for the link, Joerg. Actually steps 1-5 are performed by the kernel at boot time. The following is a suggestion; the author of the init program decides.

Re: [Dng] Fwd: [dng] vdev status update

2015-04-19 Thread Jude Nelson
Hi Anto, > > I am confused now about your comment that we can "install any/all device > managers and pick one that gets started at boot-time via the alternatives > system". > > I initially thought that vdev requires udev or any other device managers > to work. But since you added the command to d

Re: [Dng] Fwd: [dng] vdev status update

2015-04-19 Thread Anto
On 20/04/15 06:08, Jude Nelson wrote: Hi Anto, [Snip] I took the picture of my screen, vdev debugging log and dmesg from (initramfs) prompt. The picture is still quite bad from photographic point of view, but I think it is good enough to give you information. Please find them on

Re: [Dng] Fwd: [dng] vdev status update

2015-04-19 Thread Anto
On 20/04/15 06:09, Jude Nelson wrote: That is not my intention when it comes to packaging vdev. Devuan is all about preserving the user's freedom to run the software they want, so the ultimate goal is to make it possible for multiple different device managers to coexist. How about if I w