On Mar 21, 2012 4:23 PM, "Halassy Zoltán" <zhala...@loginet.hu> wrote: >> >> IMO, initramfs adds yet another black box during server boot. > > > The other way around, for me at least. I build my own initramfs, yet I don't know anything about mdev, just the fact it's part of busybox. So for me, mdev is a black box, while my initramfs definitely isn't. > >
I see. Well, different views for different people, I guess. It's easier for me to bypass mdev (if it's b0rken) than to bypass initramfs. >> And yet >> another daemon in memory, something I certainly don't need on my static >> virtualized servers. > > > I agree with that. But why do you need mdev for a static system? A few mknods would suffice. > It allows triggered action when I (for example) attach a (virtual) hard disk to my VM. Rgds,
