Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751575AbVLFDfj (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2005 22:35:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751577AbVLFDfj (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2005 22:35:39 -0500 Received: from kanga.kvack.org ([66.96.29.28]:41603 "EHLO kanga.kvack.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751575AbVLFDfi (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Dec 2005 22:35:38 -0500 Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 22:32:36 -0500 From: Benjamin LaHaise To: Rob Landley Cc: Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel Message-ID: <20051206033236.GC15428@kvack.org> References: <20051203152339.GK31395@stusta.de> <200512051647.55395.rob@landley.net> <20051205230502.GB12955@kvack.org> <200512052119.28706.rob@landley.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200512052119.28706.rob@landley.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 825 Lines: 20 On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 09:19:28PM -0600, Rob Landley wrote: > > /sbin/hotplug is suboptimal. Even a pretty fast machine is slowed down > > pretty significantly by the ~thousand fork and exec that take place during > > startup. > > Why do you need hotplug events on startup? Can't you just scan /sys for "dev" > entries do the initial populate of /dev from that? That's my point: I don't. Yet the kernel tries to exec /sbin/hotplug on startup around 1000 times. -ben -- "You know, I've seen some crystals do some pretty trippy shit, man." Don't Email: . - 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/