devtmpfs and mdev

Peter Korsgaard jacmet at sunsite.dk
Thu Feb 2 13:32:11 UTC 2012


>>>>> "Laurent" == Laurent Bercot <ska-dietlibc at skarnet.org> writes:

Hi,

 Laurent>  Apart from the silly idea that init is sacred and can't be
 Laurent> replaced with a script, there is basically no good technical
 Laurent> reason to use devtmpfs;

Ehh, yes - For embedded (root only) systems where the default root:root
660 permissions / names are enough, you can get rid of mdev/udev and
still not have to mess around with static device nodes in your rootfs.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard


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