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To: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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Subject: Re: initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements)
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From: Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com>
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"Eric S. Raymond" <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> writes:

> greg k-h:
> >What does everyone else need/want there?
> 
> dmidecode, so the init script can dump a DMI report in a known
> location such as /var/run/dmi.  
> 
> I want this for autoconfiguration purposes.  If I can have it, I
> won't need /proc/dmi.

Why can't this happen inside the regular startup scripts?  They know
where to put such files; the kernel-level stuff doesn't--I can't think
of any current situation where the kernel writes to an arbitrary file
in the filesystem as it boots.  Sure, /var/run is in the FHS, but that
doesn't mean every system will have it.

IMHO, since /var/run/dmi is not needed by any stage of the kernel
boot, it should be created in the regular startup scripts (invoked by
init(8)). 

-Doug
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