Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 10:32:21 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: "Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@ums.usu.ru>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: udev is too slow creating devices
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On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 05:53:05PM +0600, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
> 
> What we currently see is that distros either ignore the race or (like 
> LFS) say something like:

I don't see distros ignoring the race issues.  Look at Gentoo's init
scripts, it handles this properly (if not, please let me know.)

> "Because of all those compilcations with Hotplug, Udev and modules, we 
> strongly recommend you to start with a completely non-modular kernel 
> configuration, especially if this is the first time you use Udev."

Heh, no, you'll have the same "issues" with a static kernel and no
modules.  Your devices will not get found any faster :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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