On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:01:49 +0100 David W Noon <dwn...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:28:36 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote about Re: > [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought: > > > On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:20:04 +0100 > > David W Noon <dwn...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > [snip] > > > The Gentoo developers have been discussing just that. The reason > > > is that many of the daemons that can be started by udev scripts > > > require work files on /var, so we could well need /var mounted > > > too. > > > > Which begs the obvious question, > > > > Why on earth is udev launching daemons in EARLY BOOT? > > Your guess is as good as mine! > > At present, the first thing I see when udev starts is a failed attempt > to run /usr/sbin/alsactl to restore the audio levels on my sound card. > This occurs before localmount or any other services in the sysinit > run-level have been started. Just why anybody wants sound before the > disk volumes have been mounted baffles me; I guess people are just > desperate for the comforts of stereo. Perhaps the ability to hear the computer go "bing" when volumes mount is a killer marketing feature.... Reminds me of Sigourney Weaver's character in Galaxy Quest - she was the bimbo who announced to the room whenever the computer went bing > Perhaps my mind simply lacks > the sophistication to understand the design of udev. > > I guess I'll just stick to my 80-column Hollerith cards. ... :-) -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
