When setting RC_DEVICES="static", udevd is started anyway. When putting RC_DEVICES="static" just before if [ "${RC_DEVICES}" = "static" ] in /sbin/rc, udevd is not started, as expected. It seems that /etc/conf.d/rc settings are not correctly sourced or otherwise not honoured. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. set RC_DEVICES="static" 2. reboot Actual Results: # grep RC_DEVICES /etc/conf.d/rc RC_DEVICES="static" # pstree | grep udevd |-udevd # Expected Results: # grep RC_DEVICES /etc/conf.d/rc RC_DEVICES="static" # pstree | grep udevd # This was observed on Buffalo Linkstations running current ~ppc and ~arm Gentoo Linux. Since they're embedded devices without lots of RAM and hardware changes, it actually makes sense, to run them with a static /dev.
please post `emerge --info` like the bug reporting page told you to
Sorry. Linkstation Pro (~arm): Portage 2.1.3.9 (!../usr/local/portage/profiles/eldalonde, gcc-4.2.0, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.22-ls-gl armv5tejl) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.22-ls-gl armv5tejl ARM926EJ-S rev 0 (v5l) Timestamp of tree: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:30:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 armv5tejl-unknown-linux-gnueabi (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.5.1-r2 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.10-r4 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.22-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="arm ~arm" CBUILD="armv5tejl-unknown-linux-gnueabi" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mcpu=arm926ej-s -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="armv5tejl-unknown-linux-gnueabi" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mcpu=arm926ej-s -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distcc distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo ftp://ftp.wh2.tu-dresden.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--exclude-from=/etc/portage/rsync_excludes" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="arm bzip2 cracklib crypt iconv idn kerberos midi ncurses nptl nptlonly pam pcre perl python readline recode ssl tcpd xinetd zlib" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="chips dummy fbdevglint mach64 mga nv r128 radeon s3 s3virge savage sisusb tdfx trident v4l vga voodoo" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS Linkstation HG (~ppc): Portage 2.1.3.9 (!/usr/local/portage/profiles/nogrod, gcc-4.2.0, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.22-gentoo-r6 ppc) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.22-gentoo-r6 ppc 82xx Timestamp of tree: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:30:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4, 2.5.1-r2 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.10-r4 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.22-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc ~ppc" CBUILD="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=603e -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fsigned-char" CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=603e -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fsigned-char" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo ftp://ftp.wh2.tu-dresden.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--exclude-from=/etc/portage/rsync_excludes" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="cracklib crypt iconv kerberos kuro libwww mbox midi ncurses nptl nptlonly pam pcre perl ppc python readline recode ssl tcpd xinetd zlib" ALSA_CARDS="aoa aoa-fabric-layout aoa-onyx aoa-soundbus aoa-soundbus-i2s aoa-tas aoa-toonie powermac usb-audio via82xx" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="chips dummy fbdev glint imstt mach64 mga nv r128 radeon s3 s3virge savage sisusb tdfx trident v4l voodoo" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS
unable to reproduce with baselayout-1.12.10-r4 and udev-114 /sbin/rc clearly pulls in /sbin/functions.sh which clearly pulls in /etc/conf.d/rc (these are the first things done in each file) this should work: (source /sbin/functions.sh ; echo $RC_DEVICES) if it doesnt, source the file with `set -x` to find out where it's going wrong
Sorry, I'm a moron. I could have sworn, it was reproducible. Now, of course, it isn't. Most likely cause for udevd running now seems to me an emerge -atuND I did which emerged udev which in turn started it after installing. This would be a different bug entirely. Sorry I wasted your time. It works as expected now.
dont worry about it, happens to everyone
