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 1RQMT1-0001HO-GJ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:06:39 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CD88A21C11A; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:06:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 119A921C0FA for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:04:35 +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 1RQMR4-000MdM-IL for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:04:38 +0700 Received: by bkaq10 with SMTP id q10so9321406bka.40 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:04:32 -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 10.205.133.148 with SMTP id hy20mr17325757bkc.132.1321376672110; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:04:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.74.16 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:04:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.74.16 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:04:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1321375270.8747.0.camel@stretch> References: <20111115062115.GA3262@waltdnes.org> <1321375270.8747.0.camel@stretch> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:04:32 +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=0015174783ec27da0604b1c8fb88 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: 103f4e8a-06a5-4495-8b33-65623bd6db60 X-Archives-Hash: 688e14b3415ec73e6763c6c364b59012 --0015174783ec27da0604b1c8fb88 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Nov 15, 2011 11:43 PM, "Albert W. Hopkins" wrote: > > On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 14:44 +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. > > I have a completely static /dev/ on my VMs.. I just disable the udev > devfs services and create whatever device nodes needed manually. > Ah, thanks! Now I have more confidence to experiment, knowing someone else have successfully went the static /dev road :-) Rgds, --0015174783ec27da0604b1c8fb88 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8


On Nov 15, 2011 11:43 PM, "Albert W. Hopkins" <marduk@letterboxes.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 14:44 +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.
>
> I have a completely static /dev/ on my VMs.. I just disable the udev
> devfs services and create whatever device nodes needed manually.
>

Ah, thanks! Now I have more confidence to experiment, knowing someone else have successfully went the static /dev road :-)

Rgds,

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