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["Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik" <ruskie AT mages.ath.cx>]

On 14:59:18 2007-10-05 Jens Laas <jens.laas AT data.slu.se> wrote:
> 
> I've been having trouble booting with udev for some time now and I've 
> finally isolated what makes it break.
> 
> Apparently simpleinit fails to reopen filedescriptors when compiled 
> statically.
> 
> This is anyway my initial finding.
> 
> Anyone else compiling simpleinit static have the same problem or not?
> 

I use static init and it works... but then I don't use udev...

> Incase there is something else with my setup that is triggered by the 
> static init.
> 
> If I comment out the mounting of ramfs and the signalling of init the
> boot works (of course it complains a bit about stuff that already
> exists in /dev).
> 

Only udev install I have does not use ramfs for udev but a reduced static
/dev

> (BTW simpleinit should use the abstract local namespace. This is not 
> mapped to a file.)
> 

It's unmaitaned by upstream... and we are looking at expanding what inits
are supported... At some point we would like to support as many as
possible...

> Cheers,
> Jens
> 


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