On Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:05:10 jbranso wrote:
> I guess what I mean is that after the Hurd boots, "currently the Hurd
sets
> device entries in /dev/ statically. For example, I am writing this
qoth on
> a Hurd machine that is using two /dev/ entries for my filesystem:
/dev/wd0s1
> for swap and /dev/wd0s5 for my root filesystem. However, /dev/wd0s1
through
> /dev/wd0s16 exist on my computer! Once Mikhail's project is done,
then the
> Hurd will dynamically populate SATA devices at boot time! No more
need for
> static translators!"
>
> https://hurd.ion.nu/news/2026-q2.html
I see what you mean. After reviewing the proposal to write serverboot v2
for GNU/Hurd
https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/web.git/commit/?id=c1f4c8c4272898499a834aaa9bb9c4bcbb9fb18c
the idea of specifically adding the storeio translator to the bootstrap
chains doesn't seem optimal to me. Writing an initramfs translator that
incorporates all the functionality from that proposal would offer greater
flexibility and simplify the boot process.
Thanks,
--
Mikhail Karpov
