The attached init script for mdev should be used with >=OpenRC-0.13. devfs is taking over the function of mounting the /dev directory, so mdev and udev/eudev do not need to do that any longer. Thanks, William
I'll get the attachment up shortly; I found an issue with pybugz...
Created attachment 387826 [details] mdev.initd This is the new mdev init script.
mdev provides more than just /dev mounting, so the devtmpfs check doesn't make sense here why doesn't devfs also set up /dev/std{in,err,out} and /dev/fd ?
(In reply to SpanKY from comment #3) > mdev provides more than just /dev mounting, so the devtmpfs check doesn't > make sense here I put that check in because I was told that mdev and devtmpfs are not compatible. Is this not correct? > why doesn't devfs also set up /dev/std{in,err,out} and /dev/fd ? No particular reason; I was never made aware that it needs to. Also, these exist on my system, so I wonder what is setting them up?
(In reply to William Hubbs from comment #4) saying mdev doesn't work with devtmpfs is like saying udev doesn't work with it. udev still creates random files in /dev as things come & go, and so does mdev. last i looked, udev itself has /dev/std{in,err,out} and /dev/fd hardcoded in its source tree. so we can either have every non-udev system also set them up, or we can have the common openrc script create them. i don't feel strongly either way.
(In reply to SpanKY from comment #5) > (In reply to William Hubbs from comment #4) > > saying mdev doesn't work with devtmpfs is like saying udev doesn't work with > it. udev still creates random files in /dev as things come & go, and so > does mdev. Ok, Ican update the mdev init script to not abort if /dev is devtmpfs. > last i looked, udev itself has /dev/std{in,err,out} and /dev/fd hardcoded in > its source tree. so we can either have every non-udev system also set them > up, or we can have the common openrc script create them. i don't feel > strongly either way. In that case, I can have devfs set them up; those definitely should be there for any system.
Created attachment 389912 [details] mdev.initd Here is the newest version of the mdev init script. Also, devfs in openrc-0.13.5 now populates /dev/{fd,std{in,out,err},core}, so you will need at least that version of OpenRC to work with this mdev script.
I fixed this in busybox-1.23.0.
