From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RDyZt-0007tb-DW for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:10:33 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 43B9E21C0FD; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:10:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F34B321C094 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:09:20 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AskGAASRlU5Ld/Kg/2dsb2JhbABDmVOOW4EGgVMBAQQBOhwoCws0EhQlN4d+uiWDIINXYQSZK4d1hEU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.69,334,1315195200"; d="scan'208";a="141407549" Received: from 75-119-242-160.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([75.119.242.160]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with SMTP; 12 Oct 2011 09:09:19 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:09:24 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:09:24 -0400 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Suggestion for getting rid of udev Message-ID: <20111012130924.GA8613@waltdnes.org> References: <20111012044023.GA8203@waltdnes.org> <20111012053204.GE22488@ohnopublishing.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20111012053204.GE22488@ohnopublishing.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: c2147e047bc4cc6c7acc5b6a60403900 On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 05:32:05AM +0000, Nathan Phillip Brink wrote > You can already try out what using mdev instead of udev is like in > Gentoo. Just add `sys-apps/busybox mdev' to /etc/portage/package.use, > remerge busybox. You must be sure to be using busybox-1.92.2 or later > for bug #83301. Did you mean busybox-1.19.2? That's the latest ebuild in /usr/portage, and it's still ~amd64 (~everything for that matter). > # rc-update add mdev sysinit > # rc-update del udev sysinit > > But be 'ware that this isn't guaranteed to provide a successful boot > ;-). Thanks for the idea. I have a spare box kicking around that I can try it on. -- Walter Dnes