October 2, 2026 at 7:36 AM, "Mikhail Karpov" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Mikhail%20Karpov%22%20%3Ckarpov.mixail24%40gmail.com%3E > wrote:
> > On Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:05:10 jbranso wrote: > > > I guess what I mean is that after the Hurd boots, "currently the Hurd sets > > device entries in /dev/ statically. For example, I am writing this qoth > on > > a Hurd machine that is using two /dev/ entries for my filesystem: > /dev/wd0s1 > > for swap and /dev/wd0s5 for my root filesystem. However, /dev/wd0s1 through > > /dev/wd0s16 exist on my computer! Once Mikhail's project is done, then the > > Hurd will dynamically populate SATA devices at boot time! No more need for > > static translators!" > > > > https://hurd.ion.nu/news/2026-q2.html > > I see what you mean. After reviewing the proposal to write serverboot v2 > for GNU/Hurd > https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/web.git/commit/?id=c1f4c8c4272898499a834aaa9bb9c4bcbb9fb18c > the idea of specifically adding the storeio translator to the bootstrap > chains doesn't seem optimal to me. Writing an initramfs translator that > incorporates all the functionality from that proposal would offer greater > flexibility and simplify the boot process. > > Thanks, > > -- Mikhail Karpov serverbootv2 proposal can be read here: https://hurd.ion.nu/open_issues/serverbootv2.html If you are in favor of a initramfs translator, then please discuss it with damien and sergey! They are in favor of serverbootv2. Samuel is NOT in favor of re-writing the bootstrap, so he is not in favor of serverbootV2.
