public inbox for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: newsitem: unmasking udev-181
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:32:41 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <robbat2-20120313T103034-405238159Z@orbis-terrarum.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120313084306.GC1197@waltdnes.org>

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 04:43:06AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
>   Question... does it have to be an initramfs, or can the vast majority
> of simple cases be handled by a simple initscript in /bin or /sbin that
> mounts /usr, and does whatever else is required, before handing off
> control to /sbin/init.
Elsewhere on this list, you will find a script that does roughly what
you propose, written by WilliamH and myself. We're not going to support
it. There are too many corner cases that are hard to recover from with
the script - and MUCH easier with the 'debug' argument to a genkernel
initramfs.

-- 
Robin Hugh Johnson
Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead
E-Mail     : robbat2@gentoo.org
GnuPG FP   : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85



  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-03-13 10:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 165+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-11  2:27 [gentoo-dev] newsitem: unmasking udev-181 William Hubbs
2012-03-11  2:53 ` [gentoo-dev] " Rich Freeman
2012-03-11  3:28   ` Luca Barbato
2012-03-11  3:50     ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-11  5:12       ` Luca Barbato
2012-03-11 17:33     ` William Hubbs
2012-03-11 17:35       ` Samuli Suominen
2012-03-11 18:00         ` Michał Górny
2012-03-13  1:22       ` [gentoo-dev] Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] Joshua Kinard
2012-03-13  1:37         ` Kent Fredric
2012-03-13  2:16           ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-13  2:33         ` Ian Stakenvicius
2012-03-13  3:14           ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-13  3:53             ` Robin H. Johnson
2012-03-13  5:17               ` Luca Barbato
2012-03-14  0:20                 ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14  0:52                   ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-13 13:36             ` Ian Stakenvicius
2012-03-13 10:31         ` Jeroen Roovers
2012-03-13 11:54         ` James Broadhead
2012-03-14  0:16           ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14  8:39             ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2012-03-14 12:40               ` [gentoo-dev] Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14 14:41                 ` Greg KH
2012-03-14 14:51                   ` Philip Webb
2012-03-14 15:04                     ` Greg KH
2012-03-14 15:08                       ` Ciaran McCreesh
2012-03-14 15:22                         ` Greg KH
2012-03-14 15:59                           ` Ciaran McCreesh
2012-03-14 21:00                             ` Greg KH
2012-03-14 16:28                           ` Matthew Summers
2012-03-15 13:22                             ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14 17:11                           ` Maxim Kammerer
2012-03-14 17:29                             ` Zac Medico
2012-03-14 17:58                               ` Matthew Summers
2012-03-14 18:04                                 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2012-03-14 18:36                                 ` Maxim Kammerer
2012-03-14 18:56                                   ` Zac Medico
2012-03-14 19:14                                     ` Michael Orlitzky
2012-03-14 19:26                                       ` Zac Medico
2012-03-14 19:57                                     ` David Leverton
2012-03-14 21:04                                       ` Greg KH
2012-03-14 22:14                                         ` David Leverton
2012-03-14 22:51                                           ` Greg KH
2012-03-14 23:21                                             ` David Leverton
2012-03-14 23:44                                               ` Greg KH
2012-03-14 23:58                                                 ` Richard Yao
2012-03-15  0:07                                                   ` Greg KH
2012-03-15  0:29                                                 ` David Leverton
2012-03-15 11:20                                                   ` Stelian Ionescu
2012-03-15 12:23                                                     ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-15 14:01                                                 ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14 23:47                                               ` Zac Medico
2012-03-15  0:36                                                 ` David Leverton
2012-03-15  0:45                                                   ` Zac Medico
2012-03-15  0:49                                                     ` David Leverton
2012-03-15 12:27                                                     ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-15 15:29                                                       ` Zac Medico
2012-03-15  0:58                                                   ` Richard Yao
2012-03-15  1:06                                                     ` Zac Medico
2012-03-15  1:49                                                       ` Richard Yao
2012-03-16 23:29                                                         ` Zac Medico
2012-03-16 23:29                                                         ` Zac Medico
2012-03-15 12:16                                             ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-15 12:09                                           ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14 22:39                                         ` Richard Yao
2012-03-14 22:49                                           ` Greg KH
2012-03-14 23:27                                             ` Richard Yao
2012-03-14 23:37                                               ` Greg KH
2012-03-14 23:51                                                 ` Richard Yao
2012-03-15  1:07                                                   ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-15  1:37                                                     ` Zac Medico
2012-03-15  1:44                                                     ` Richard Yao
2012-03-16  1:17                                                     ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-16  1:18                                                       ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-15  5:18                                                 ` Luca Barbato
2012-03-15  8:13                                                 ` Martin Gysel
2012-03-15 12:40                                                 ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-15 20:44                                                   ` Richard Yao
2012-03-17  7:12                                                     ` Walter Dnes
2012-03-19  5:21                                                       ` Walter Dnes
2012-03-15 12:34                                               ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-15 20:45                                                 ` Richard Yao
2012-03-15 21:49                                                   ` Maxim Kammerer
2012-03-14 20:03                                     ` Richard Yao
2012-03-14 20:55                                       ` Zac Medico
2012-03-14 21:05                                         ` Richard Yao
2012-03-15  4:10                                           ` Zac Medico
2012-03-15 12:47                                         ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-15 13:36                                     ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14 19:30                                 ` Jeroen Roovers
2012-03-15  5:04                                 ` Luca Barbato
2012-03-14 17:59                               ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-15  5:24                                 ` Luca Barbato
2012-03-15 12:51                                 ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14 20:12                       ` Walter Dnes
2012-03-15 11:04                       ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-15 12:30                         ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-15 13:05                           ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-15 14:42                           ` Greg KH
2012-03-15 19:04                             ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-15 19:17                               ` [gentoo-dev] /dev/serial/ (was "Let's redesign the entire filesystem!") Greg KH
2012-03-15 19:41                                 ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-15 14:41                         ` [gentoo-dev] Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! Greg KH
2012-03-16  0:47                           ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-16  2:43                             ` Greg KH
2012-03-16  3:01                               ` Richard Yao
2012-03-16 15:18                                 ` Greg KH
2012-03-16 17:00                                   ` Michael Orlitzky
     [not found]                                 ` <7c08803524244ff0808d16539b8f9926@HUBCAS2.cs.stonybrook.edu>
2012-03-16 22:41                                   ` Richard Yao
2012-03-13 14:41         ` [gentoo-dev] Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] Marc Schiffbauer
2012-03-13 23:12           ` James Broadhead
2012-03-14 12:00           ` James Cloos
2012-03-14 17:52             ` Zac Medico
2012-03-14 18:48               ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2012-03-14 20:10                 ` Kent Fredric
2012-03-15  6:33                   ` Duncan
2012-03-15 13:07                   ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-13  5:11       ` [gentoo-dev] Re: newsitem: unmasking udev-181 Luca Barbato
2012-03-14  0:13         ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14  8:03           ` Duncan
2012-03-14 12:07             ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14 18:43               ` Duncan
2012-03-14 21:13               ` Walter Dnes
2012-03-15 13:10                 ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-15 21:49                   ` Robin H. Johnson
2012-03-11  3:44   ` Dale
2012-03-11  5:48   ` Duncan
2012-03-11 11:03   ` Petteri Räty
2012-03-11 15:33     ` Zac Medico
2012-03-11 21:28       ` Petteri Räty
2012-03-11 21:43         ` William Hubbs
2012-03-11 21:48           ` Petteri Räty
2012-03-11 23:15             ` William Hubbs
2012-03-12 12:37               ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-12 17:01                 ` Matthias Hanft
2012-03-12 19:32                   ` Robin H. Johnson
2012-03-13 14:34               ` Petteri Räty
2012-03-11 22:57   ` Robin H. Johnson
2012-03-13  8:43   ` Walter Dnes
2012-03-13  9:14     ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-14  0:29       ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14  0:36         ` Stelian Ionescu
2012-03-14  1:04         ` Maxim Kammerer
2012-03-14  1:14         ` Robin H. Johnson
2012-03-14 13:02         ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-13 10:32     ` Robin H. Johnson [this message]
2012-03-11  6:49 ` Ryan Hill
2012-03-11 21:08   ` Robin H. Johnson
2012-03-11 23:03     ` Duncan
2012-03-11 23:14       ` Robin H. Johnson
2012-03-12  9:02         ` Duncan
2012-03-12 14:09     ` Marc Schiffbauer
2012-03-12 19:41       ` Robin H. Johnson
2012-03-13  2:06     ` Ryan Hill
2012-03-12 18:34   ` Sven Vermeulen
2012-03-13  2:04     ` Ryan Hill
2012-03-11  8:06 ` [gentoo-dev] " Neil Bothwick
2012-03-11  8:41   ` Michał Górny
2012-03-11  9:36     ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-11 10:43       ` Michał Górny
2012-03-11 17:26 ` William Hubbs
2012-03-11 18:08   ` Ulrich Mueller
2012-03-11 23:09   ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2012-03-12 20:50   ` [gentoo-dev] " Robin H. Johnson

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=robbat2-20120313T103034-405238159Z@orbis-terrarum.net \
    --to=robbat2@gentoo.org \
    --cc=gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox