Hi Steve, On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 May 2015 23:24:42 -0400 > Jude Nelson <jud...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey everyone, > > > > I have the latest news for vdev: > > > > * vdev now creates symlinks for: > > -- /dev/v4l/by-path > > -- /dev/disk/by-partuuid > > -- /dev/disk/by-partlabel > > Thank you Jude. It's astounding what you've been able to accomplish. > Thanks! Fortunately, it's not as bad as it looks--it's mostly a matter of reading the udev rules files and writing a script that does the same thing :) > > > > * the initramfs hook conditionally pulls in iproute2, lvm, dmsetup, > > blkid, etc. > > I can think of few things more brain taxing than writing a program to > tweak a RAM filesystem and accompanying init script that will be used > on the *next* boot. Troubleshooting and experimentation must be a slow > process, with boots intervening. Even on a VM on a fast host. > Yeah, it can get pretty tedious. Fortunately, I'm using a minimal QEMU image, so reboots happen pretty fast (i.e. the working set fits entirely in my disk cache). I have developed a new-found appreciation for the people who designed Debian's initramfs system. Despite the tediousness of building cpio images, Debian's initramfs-tools package is surprisingly flexible and well-documented. There are a couple little things it could make the process less painful, though; I'm in the process of getting together some patches to send to Debian, if they're interested. > > > > > > [For Next Time] > > > > * The next immediate objective is to package vdevd for Devuan, to > > make it easier to test (in particular, easier to get a working > > initramfs). > > Could you please make sure that there's a way for us Qemu users to use > it? I don't know whether I'm the only one, but Vagrant errors out on my > Debian Wheezy machine. So I'm still using the Valentine edition. > Absolutely! I intend to make the first iteration of packages available as direct downloads (will post hashes to the ML), and will continue to do so until I can figure out how to hook the vdev repository into Devuan's CI system. Thanks, Jude
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