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Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 16:43:17 +0200
From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev;
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On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:31:20 +0100
Nicolas Sebrecht <nsebrecht@piing.fr> 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