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DEVTMPFS, DEVTMPFS_MOUNT, custom no initrd kernel, udev 175-7.2 and 204-4



  In view of http://bugs.debian.org/722580 and
http://bugs.debian.org/722604:

  A machine with:
    - a custom, non initrd, linux image
    - udev 175-7.2
    - no DEVTMPFS in the kernel configuration
is able to boot.

1. Will the machine boot with 
   CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
   # CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT is not set
   ?  Again, custom, non initrd, linux image.  udev 175-7.2.
2. What about
   CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
   CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT=y
   ?  custom, non initrd, linux image.  udev 175-7.2.
3. Will it boot when /etc/init.d/udev from udev 175-7.2 is edtited
   by hand?  If so, what modifications, by hand, are required to
   /etc/init.d/udev?  Are there more files to edit?  Again, custom,
   non initrd, linux image.
4. When udev 204-4 is installed, what should be the settings of
   CONFIG_DEVTMPFS and CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT for a custom, non
   initrd, linux image?

  Isn't there an upgrade path problem for people with a custom, non
initrd, linux image that have DEVTMPFS unset?  I mean, newer udev
can't be installed without CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y.  So one has to boot
into a CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y kernel before upgrading udev.  But will a
custom, non initrd, linux image with CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y boot with udev
175-7.2?


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