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 EF4071381FB for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:08:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8C12E21C091; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:07:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 535EE21C021 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:03:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MHmnV-1TmWHN3Pun-003a7F; Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:03:38 -0500 Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:03:35 -0600 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone switched to eudev yet? Message-ID: <20121226170335.GA26547@server> References: <20121224204817.335033c6@khamul.example.com> <50D8B467.4080100@gmail.com> <20121224230413.GL26547@server> <20121224182907.2bf6d3d6@fuchsia.remarqs.net> <20121225021332.GQ26547@server> <20121225165143.GB11243@ns1.bonedaddy.net> <20121225232612.GW26547@server> <20121226142419.GE16323@ns1.bonedaddy.net> 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: <20121226142419.GE16323@ns1.bonedaddy.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:T6Xln84YHY55RjaaipqIH7ZlVaqci0gHwwl2Rh/GCQm Sf6xgWMlkF6u62dBUtfNlTzWg+TQws+1BA8ELT9Hr7RKLXB7h5 1a4xs1kwuJ218yxcLrP1t4NoIK2BWmT0vGKOcNrKoMqK+VIEZD shMyeAZq4VZNQ4R+PWD8MAsKOb7vkUeaSTAkX0j65hqZky2Jeh Jy7C4OGkETT2iZf7aacGF8y9ZnfMGbcdHf2u1B3GfysC5yDvEu lfq9BVb9PGd22pyF4wFwAFIkmSzEH6ednjgGT5IjLojnF8m/qV oSWRjY4HbszBySek/K5oQVYoJm/BnZk8PomFfKbQ6MaoMBWfy5 MZcT4pD6aPjZJzDYYAbdo0Uu7qaYmGZah7FHNLGFl X-Archives-Salt: 15d676ae-14c8-4e22-a98a-45fa3df460f6 X-Archives-Hash: cdcd4172264c2d6ef38a3b0ba66ebf6d On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 09:24:20AM -0500, Todd Goodman wrote: > * Bruce Hill [121225 18:30]: > > > > > > Try reading the kernel Documentation. (e.g., > > > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt.) > > > > > > initramfs is an improvement over initrd. > > > > > > Todd > > > > Having read it years ago it still fails to give me a good reason for using it. > > It gives plenty of good reasons. > > If they aren't good for you then fine. > > But if you read it you wouldn't be asking why initrd went away and was > replaced by initramfs. > > Todd Actually I had not read it in quite a number of years, did this morning, and you are entirely correct. Perhaps all those years ago when an initrd was required at times, I'd just held onto my mkinitrd script and didn't want to change; and since there's no need for an initrd now, I didn't actually read it, but clung to incorrect memories. Thanks for the rebuke. ;) -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting