Re: RFC: OpenRC as Init System for Debian

[Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>]

[Svante Signell]
> This is the whole cause of the problem: You don't know the names of your
> devices ay longer. Blame Linus!
> What's the point of changing names of peripheral devices "dynamically"?
> I've been struggling with eth0 and eth1 for some rime now, never knowing
> how it will be named for every new kernel :-(

This is not a question of knowing the device names.  It is a question
of the kernel device not being initialized and ready when it is needed
during boot.  Having static entries in /dev/ would not help in any of
the scenarios I described.

The removal of the big kernel lock made the kernel less predictable,
and is the source of these issues. :)

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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen