Nathan Coulson wrote: > I noted that the linux kernel is working on a system called devtmpfs. >>From what I have read, it mount's a tmpfs, then populates it (Giving > us console, and null, even all the device module nodes before udev > runs). It is designed to allow udev to come along later, and > replace/update the nodes. > > This would allow the boot scripts to be simplified, and allow booting > with init=/bin/bash w/o additional setup (Other then mounting / > readwrite). > > Information on how it works: > http://lwn.net/Articles/330985/ > > Upstream Status: > http://lwn.net/Articles/345480/
I'm not sure how this affects us. It appears that we remove section 6.2.1. Creating Initial Device Nodes (but insist on a specific kernel option). I don't see anything else. I suppose /dev would be automatically mounted as a tmpfs, but how does that help someone who is not doing something with an embedded system without a disk drive? What am I missing? -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
