Re: RFC: OpenRC as Init System for Debian
On 04/27/2012 03:28 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-04-27 at 08:55 +0800, Patrick Lauer wrote:
>> On 04/27/12 03:32, Adam Borowski wrote:
>>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 08:08:01PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:03:17PM -0400, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>>>>> I believe Debian still supports running locally compiled kernels
>>>>> which do not depend on udev, and that some setups do not require
>>>>> udev either (not everyone use fibre channel).
>>>>
>>>> It is supported only in the sense that it is not yet impossible.
>>>>
>>>> Please don't ask anyone to spend time to avoid udev dependencies;
>>>> hotplugging is normal and udev is the proper way to handle all
>>>> devices the Linux kernel finds.
>>
>> udev is just the reference implementation. mdev [part of busybox] can do
>> the same (modulo rules: it has a slightly simpler format that doesn't
>> provide exactly the same features (yet))
> [...]
>
> Sure, for Linux in general you have other options like mdev. However,
> Debian uses udev.
Debian installs udev by default, but as with other init systems it should not
stop your from using whatever-you-like instead of udev.
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