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 1RQW2D-0004uN-2t for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:19:37 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0F62121C04C; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:19:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3863C21C023 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:18:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwf27 with SMTP id 27so3505wwf.10 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:18:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=+UvJGVTHmeItxbBpG6V4i3g1zXVPoSd6jmuTzyBaORU=; b=uUxFGe1Rf+up2Ht8iueq+t1l1cN6bC9kgxTqk5aTp9PVrWtGytDoH6pDx2aGIoXR52 AOnWbYNANx8oFhYU89JkRndRuNs61BJAdqgEbvHixoMZO8O85/4QG4T4nUSp05Tzv1Om nyaosf+H7yX2Td2Z3P8ZnlTwy6A1mVpVgU14c= 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 10.227.208.81 with SMTP id gb17mr19847629wbb.24.1321413503249; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:18:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.227.196.12 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:18:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20111115062115.GA3262@waltdnes.org> <20111115201657.GA4808@waltdnes.org> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:18:23 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody want to beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev? From: yegle To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015174c1a1c766c1904b1d18ec5 X-Archives-Salt: 837615cb-0436-4299-b868-9190e666a03f X-Archives-Hash: 357ce10821436d372bc8ffa482920340 --0015174c1a1c766c1904b1d18ec5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I'm using systemd as init. Currently there's no .service file for mdev. Hope someone on this list can provide one :-) On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > Plus, I'm feeling adventurous and will experiment with VirtualBox also ;) > > Rgds, > On Nov 16, 2011 7:52 AM, "Pandu Poluan" wrote: > >> >> 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, >> > --0015174c1a1c766c1904b1d18ec5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm using systemd as init. Currently there's no .service file for m= dev. Hope someone on this list can provide one :-)

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Pandu Poluan &= lt;pandu@poluan.info= > wrote:

Plus, I'm feeling adventurous and wil= l experiment with VirtualBox also ;)

Rgds,

On Nov 16, 2011 7:52 AM, "Pandu Poluan"= ; <pandu@poluan.i= nfo> wrote:


On Nov 16, 2011 3:21 AM, <waltdnes@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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