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List:       linux-arch
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] driver-core: devtmpfs - driver core maintained /dev
From:       Greg KH <greg () kroah ! com>
Date:       2009-05-02 21:54:34
Message-ID: 20090502215434.GB17622 () kroah ! com
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On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 10:41:50PM +0100, Alan Jenkins wrote:
> 
> But is read-only so bad?  You just have to copy it over to a tmpfs and
> then mount that on top of /dev.  That's atomic, so it won't interfere
> with parallel early init.

The copy would not be atomic.

> I sympathize, devtmpfs is a really neat hack that does exactly what
> udev needs.  But you have to admit, it doesn't fit in _quite_ as well
> with the kernel status quo.

I disagree, it mirrors exactly what we are doing today from userspace,
which is quite the "status quo" in that distros have been doing that for
years now :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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