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 A46EC1382CD for ; Sat, 25 Jun 2016 20:16:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 91E9A94216; Sat, 25 Jun 2016 20:16:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vk0-f65.google.com (mail-vk0-f65.google.com [209.85.213.65]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 633BA9420F for ; Sat, 25 Jun 2016 20:16:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vk0-f65.google.com with SMTP id x7so16802158vka.0 for ; Sat, 25 Jun 2016 13:16:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to; bh=Vbjmn+vngC3FQ3DeQt5b15M/MiHzyQir1MjB+Tegwc4=; b=aRIfDAs/NgmJugPkmwQOFI41cA4gR8ER/4yiEvbrZ6itvKi/8CbNwGCaW2XeGKUead hpvQQgFAidv2RHyNPFtchzOmISQ0SLS3nkG8ygTB/iLQR5qfLUAR+F20JEfnybpzW+SD 5DgOaTcC9dCZbWxxh+S49lZg4AqhKDb3MKzp2gXrWAqhyJgul83IwQ/sWI8zzkN67v5z Jr7n4kZYZw515T09sN9KDweJRI2PIocIYey8iakNiaoem7Off4ud7+mFCjJSsbfwvWJd 1Gh715jRAMsaP6ND0sjrIZhDbCxxUM8c4e3/W2qtMnUX16YAPns/lp+0UYuNNmZ/iYo/ D/yw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to; bh=Vbjmn+vngC3FQ3DeQt5b15M/MiHzyQir1MjB+Tegwc4=; b=GrvrGe3cuj+L2GGSsqjkxA5ksLYQD5xksFTdhY25sScRSKC8NTgg0Suk06ST4eouI+ Pxp+e2yVrb5nx2f67RRFm6y/va7BBuJmSSLyq0RseJM0HSsZqoAbWf1VCYvmmpzLOwwD Ko5adIwzMa+qNNnc4vlP8ew/ntn7ZobRM3BC5t7lppvGrsHG+nF9T6zHhGI8fykvVJZ8 4HaAn2vKeah2eiD+4SnuOyji/mH9+G99vZ3bOrsOc6jk8KZm/4AWgCPcpbw0l+SuWq0k Lh0rna0fnFo6kIZ5IlXhlZ0uNb4Phj1QDslPzjdTxDfuoyIsRoJ8KMKblkvgyAhUlbze 9Zzw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tIjXT2DmK31xPQ0ZsdS7wASKw7VTN74sir6+w7ElQByN1wxaifyHfCXc4Nd4fPFjLfdiDr3TduGvV9AEg== X-Received: by 10.31.96.207 with SMTP id u198mr4670135vkb.50.1466885759584; Sat, 25 Jun 2016 13:15:59 -0700 (PDT) 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 Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.103.70.155 with HTTP; Sat, 25 Jun 2016 13:15:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <08789349-f812-e211-61b5-4159f8f13aae@gmail.com> References: <08789349-f812-e211-61b5-4159f8f13aae@gmail.com> From: Rich Freeman Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 16:15:58 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Rh3JCadjuT3V1jwwwidMyvVnVjQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] booting - I don't anystand how the (Linux) world works anymore To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: de7b3cf3-b97a-46ba-853c-82237abcf65b X-Archives-Hash: bc0aaab876a6fc5cdeb4ce0f1e752fee On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 3:51 PM, Alan McKinnon 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