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 1RQTlN-0006AG-6n for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:54:05 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6C66F21C04A; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:53:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07D0321C02B for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:52:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f53.google.com ([209.85.214.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RQTkH-003N5O-P5 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:52:57 +0700 Received: by bkaq10 with SMTP id q10so9886470bka.40 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:52:53 -0800 (PST) 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 Received: by 10.204.145.130 with SMTP id d2mr26555493bkv.78.1321404773618; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:52:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.74.16 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:52:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.74.16 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:52:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20111115201657.GA4808@waltdnes.org> References: <20111115062115.GA3262@waltdnes.org> <20111115201657.GA4808@waltdnes.org> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:52:53 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody want to beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev? From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015175cabc622d2bc04b1cf8692 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: 64acca7b-617e-4df8-83b5-1fe99c6d535a X-Archives-Hash: e107c85eb9ec7f63be3037cd807413b4 --0015175cabc622d2bc04b1cf8692 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Nov 16, 2011 3:21 AM, wrote: > > 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. > Okay, I have two staging VMs on XenServer and one on VMware. I'm going to report back what happens. If anything bad happens, *should* be an easy rollback to the previous snapshot. Rgds, --0015175cabc622d2bc04b1cf8692 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Nov 16, 2011 3:21 AM, <waltd= nes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 02:44:58PM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote
>
> > However, my Gentoo systems are all virtual servers (DomU VMs on X= enServer).
> > 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 stat= ic /dev,
> > but still can't find any guide/pointers yet.
> >
> > (Apologies if my email is OOT)
>
> =C2=A0The more scenarios we can test, the better. =C2=A0mdev might sha= ve a second
> =C2=A0or two off the VM's bootup time, versus udev.
>

Okay, I have two staging VMs on XenServer and one on VMware. I'm goi= ng to report back what happens. If anything bad happens, *should* be an eas= y rollback to the previous snapshot.

Rgds,

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