[arch-general] Arch Linux and systemd

[Guus Snijders]

Op 22 aug. 2012 14:07 schreef "Felipe Contreras" <felipe.contreras at gmail.com>
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> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Guus Snijders <gsnijders at gmail.com>
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> > Op 22 aug. 2012 10:59 schreef "Kevin Chadwick" <ma1l1ists at yahoo.co.uk>
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> > How about creating a vm with
> > Arch and getting an alternative to udev running?
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> I do this all the time with buildroot; udev is a choice, and I often
> have trouble compiling it because it depends on so many things, like
> specific kernel configurations, and certain toolchain options. The
> fact of the matter is that udev doesn't do much for me,
> CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y and CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT=y does most of the job,
> the rest is loading the right modules at boot time, which can be done
> with a simple script. There's also mdev from busybox, but it's too
> simple, I don't really understand what is the point of it.

Looks like i need to do some catching up ;-). Udev has worked fine for me,
so my interest is mostly academic.

Just in case, it's always good to learn about alternatives.

Thanks.
mvg, Guus