From: Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] booting - I don't anystand how the (Linux) world works anymore
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 16:15:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGfcS_=M_sh5KYfgUGaHsLVcViGfE+9dGMZ6Y3k0eWJ7xf2SmA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <08789349-f812-e211-61b5-4159f8f13aae@gmail.com>
On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 3:51 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [1] It's also one of the reasons persistent device naming came into
> udev, to try guarantee the same device will always have the same name
>
This is also one of the reasons why an initramfs is useful.
Linus basically decided that it makes far more sense to have userspace
manage this stuff than the kernel, and the initramfs is the way this
is accomplished during boot. They didn't remove the existing kernel
functionality, but they're not going to be investing in it.
--
Rich
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-25 20:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-25 18:33 [gentoo-user] booting - I don't anystand how the (Linux) world works anymore Helmut Jarausch
2016-06-25 19:19 ` Jeremi Piotrowski
2016-06-25 20:08 ` Helmut Jarausch
2016-06-25 19:20 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2016-06-25 19:39 ` [gentoo-user] " David W Noon
2016-06-25 20:18 ` Helmut Jarausch
2016-06-25 21:06 ` David W Noon
2016-06-25 19:46 ` Rich Freeman
2016-06-25 20:23 ` Helmut Jarausch
2016-06-25 19:51 ` Alan McKinnon
2016-06-25 20:15 ` Rich Freeman [this message]
2016-06-25 20:19 ` Tom H
2016-06-25 20:24 ` Helmut Jarausch
2016-06-27 17:14 ` Tom H
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