From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CB6C59CAF for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 20:30:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B1B6021C0D0; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 20:30:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-io0-f176.google.com (mail-io0-f176.google.com [209.85.223.176]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C15C821C0B2 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 20:30:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-io0-f176.google.com with SMTP id o126so122974761iod.0 for ; Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:30:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to; bh=Hc5ZwUAMo8NRouSEt4ijaSIMHE97K0miIBvGVSyYwnM=; b=LkpdULfWE1J5q02EBCMq6E+weQYIdZL6Kh1aLmQUR6DVxIXpN6G5dezntncKi9/q+z mKO0MBVX8MKnp0n/gcEROs/7fcu0qZ6JHtL6/5mW6OepE10LrCVr6W+j4nlfCoAgRbFf rw9udetjDyUcXqIL5NzwtwSa8+0s5i9gKBanR4/FDdf7JnjNUS0+xpFE8x4yML71ZO+J lopyF/VrOlcaPNnFerPgljkbxWSzdRDNY7aL4+O+oiXMCBU3Hq/YaC8CzPe/wpi9TbHK omzpQNNzfA6vptCf2Jr8X5oFuOP8GOytU5ar/GTzCbEvGNYxSeW41S0icwF076gQ/XDu 91OA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to; bh=Hc5ZwUAMo8NRouSEt4ijaSIMHE97K0miIBvGVSyYwnM=; b=jCdH1D2rlRfSGTqbp4ZHd3Snkzi1FTS+l52QSdQ5YHOHkfAjV2dCFrcBMZeUMkM4FN oMCAws/HFzOm6BdeR7hVrFq5P5iylWhSj/TTvCbvwqaqdrqkh1mD4cepgqcXIpctyMFm DtD+feAEEwoAVeoskUPxKYXEJumLJJfwWhQjIjYQi5OUySBK452+QZvvlNhht28uVwYv 1d4o4x8Rmkhp60bvR1/BfizZ/vxECme8py9JKTxf5CmxTxBqGjE/6AebVAO+Y8tXzZAw EPPUHsbnpkLZ/wWQHuRr2T3a7Gk6f8YWTm3dTwVWVpki5CP1siQhSlAMdr6jc+FI3kKN QU6g== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJJ0yWCGAfSaX+Rk3czfLknfPLN31zSk7jzEUvt+g4KuVe0S9lhehA+dYMtgpnLZXTdTodwN1IQrUZghCA== 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 X-Received: by 10.107.186.137 with SMTP id k131mr11527610iof.136.1460147405000; Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:30:05 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.52.72 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 13:30:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <5707191B.7060909@gmail.com> <57071AF6.7060206@iee.org> <5707be2c.0af3ca0a.86e6c.ffffef69@mx.google.com> <20160408200721.GA28274@waltdnes.org> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 16:30:04 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 4x34NKqRvi8NXCu9Zv-cdJh5EDs Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] usr merge From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: aa55219f-6b18-4567-b77f-6fc2ce67b55e X-Archives-Hash: c48146f2af67f68c30f2f7f10636fa23 On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Joseph Booker wrote: > The difference between "system software" and "regular applications" isn't > clear-cut. > This. Half the reason we don't officially support running without /usr mounted during early boot is that if we actually put everything in / that could conceivably be needed during early boot we'd end up with everything there. Bluetooth keyboards is a common example. The console should work during early boot, right? -- Rich