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 1RQPT1-000257-Nt for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:18:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BA91D21C071; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:18:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90B8D21C0EF for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:17:02 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EAEHIwk5FxIMz/2dsb2JhbABDqW2BBoFyAQEEATocKAsLNBIUJTeIArkGhnyCMmMEiBOMHoVKiAeESA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.69,517,1315195200"; d="scan'208";a="148126385" Received: from 69-196-131-51.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.196.131.51]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with SMTP; 15 Nov 2011 15:17:01 -0500 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:16:57 -0500 From: waltdnes@waltdnes.org Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:16:57 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody want to beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev? Message-ID: <20111115201657.GA4808@waltdnes.org> References: <20111115062115.GA3262@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 8caeafa4-b1bf-4adc-9000-262eac69a130 X-Archives-Hash: 3610053127facbcbe68bde457b8192e5 On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 02:44:58PM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote > However, my Gentoo systems are all virtual servers (DomU VMs on XenServer). > So, the hardware devices are static. Will switching over to mdev give any > benefits? > > I even am toying around with the idea of having a completely static /dev, > but still can't find any guide/pointers yet. > > (Apologies if my email is OOT) The more scenarios we can test, the better. mdev might shave a second or two off the VM's bootup time, versus udev. -- Walter Dnes