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 1Ri5bW-0002MV-7t for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:44:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CA08321C0DB; Tue, 3 Jan 2012 14:44:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com (mail-we0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBC4BE031D for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2012 14:43:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werm12 with SMTP id m12so9705606wer.40 for ; Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:43:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=u9aibb8OwULNcYD3+kwDmoxCLvsjak+79JV8Par/3v4=; b=rDPW0qK4EqeRgQnaLCW58H0nmXKal2qaVB9xzZS5IZaLilAIkhL29NY98i/daS4uUM UpGTSViRxKD1iyQGdt8oh+eEXNqrDt6HFRNwrpCwGqjZSNTA5djg0V1VQjwvCK+UIeHG qYH2+CBOzyNfuHmzBPKzFQM0YkITKnkniyc3E= Received: by 10.216.137.155 with SMTP id y27mr33914512wei.53.1325601802510; Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:43:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from rohan.example.com (196-215-2-107.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.2.107]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id fo18sm54930476wbb.12.2012.01.03.06.43.20 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:43:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 16:43:17 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev; version 3 Message-ID: <20120103164317.51d681da@rohan.example.com> In-Reply-To: <20120103143120.GF2410@nicolas-desktop> References: <20111115062115.GA3262@waltdnes.org> <20111121104724.GC7461@waltdnes.org> <20111201194544.GD4455@waltdnes.org> <20120103100445.GD1961@waltdnes.org> <20120103123209.GB2410@nicolas-desktop> <20120103131346.GC2410@nicolas-desktop> <20120103143120.GF2410@nicolas-desktop> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.24.4; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6ddbfa2e-e5cc-4e66-acb0-2820bbf9568f X-Archives-Hash: 2db4f3d07ea923b1998e97b712533aaf On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:31:20 +0100 Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > > Then again, using initramfs is yet-another-component waiting to > > break. > > > > Knowing Murphy's Law, it will one day fuck up everything. > > And the mdev alternative won't follow this law? It's not immune to it, just statistically less likely to be affected. mdev sans initramfs is a less complex solution than udev plus initramfs. Ergo, all other things being equal, less bits to break. -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com