On Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 08:16:57AM -0500, Dale wrote > k...@aspodata.se wrote: > > Dale: > > ... > >> Can a system even boot without udev? > > Yes, use sys-fs/static-dev (unless you have some special boot > > requirements). > > Well, I was talking about if udev was removed and then a reboot > was done. I would think it would boot to a certain point then when > whatever started and needed devices to be created in /dev, it would > start failing. I suspect this would vary depending on the install > as well.
You need *A* device-manager. You can use udev, eudev, static-dev, mdev, whatever, but you need something. Mind you, some software assumes or requires udev/eudev. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
