Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268733AbUJKJPb (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Oct 2004 05:15:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268734AbUJKJPb (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Oct 2004 05:15:31 -0400 Received: from pop5-1.us4.outblaze.com ([205.158.62.125]:16108 "HELO pop5-1.us4.outblaze.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S268733AbUJKJP1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Oct 2004 05:15:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200410102315.i9ANF7OI019460@hacksaw.org> References: <200410102315.i9ANF7OI019460@hacksaw.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <047CCB21-1B66-11D9-96AD-000D9352858E@linuxmail.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Felipe Alfaro Solana Subject: Re: udev: what's up with old /dev ? Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:14:56 +0200 To: Hacksaw X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 690 Lines: 18 On Oct 11, 2004, at 01:15, Hacksaw wrote: >> The very first thing init does is open /dev/console, and if it doesn't >> exist the entire boot hangs. > > This raises a question: Would it be a useful thing to make a modified > init > that could run udev before it does anything else? FC3t2 boots from an "initrd" image that, among other things, mounts a tmpfs over "/dev" and creates "console", "null", "pts" and then proceeds to load "init". - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/