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 7F1AB13829C for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2016 04:35:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AA65B141AD; Thu, 9 Jun 2016 04:34:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from turkos.aspodata.se (turkos.aspodata.se [192.5.36.36]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40170254020 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2016 04:34:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from turkos.aspodata.se (localhost.aspodata.se [127.0.0.1]) by turkos.aspodata.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 224B7818B84B for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2016 06:34:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: by turkos.aspodata.se (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0B048818B855; Thu, 9 Jun 2016 06:34:18 +0200 (CEST) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.8.0 04/21/2012 (debian 1:2.8.0~rc1-2) with nmh-1.5 X-Exmh-Isig-CompType: repl X-Exmh-Isig-Folder: inbox From: karl@aspodata.se To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Change from udev to eudev? In-reply-to: <5758CE9F.3040000@gmail.com> References: <20160607220025.7f01e3fa@hal9000.localdomain> <5757453B.3030102@gmail.com> <20160609003643.GA3010@waltdnes.org> <5758CE9F.3040000@gmail.com> Comments: In-reply-to Dale message dated "Wed, 08 Jun 2016 21:04:15 -0500." 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="utf-8" Message-Id: <20160609043419.0B048818B855@turkos.aspodata.se> Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 06:34:18 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-Archives-Salt: fff45755-b675-4b73-b5d4-71935769699f X-Archives-Hash: 138623e359b696f57c06c3f9e050a059 Dale: ... > Can a system even boot without udev? Yes, use sys-fs/static-dev (unless you have some special boot requirements). > I would think the bootloader would get it to a certain point > but then die later on. :/ The bootloader needs to find the kernel and possible the initrd/ initramfs if you use them. Then kernel needs (depending on your setup) to find the root filesystem and then /sbin/init. And init needs to start up the rest of the system. The above have been working wery well for a long time, but if you don't use udev and initrd et al, most (all?) distributions don't help you anymore with it; you have to know yourself how to do it. Regards, /Karl Hammar ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aspö Data Lilla Aspö 148 S-742 94 Östhammar Sweden +46 173 140 57