Now that DEVTMPFS is enabled by default in the Arch configuration,
what are its benefits?
Can I make an initramfs without udev now?
And if I do will I be able to use root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xx-yy-zz-etc
or any of the similar kernel command line options?

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damjan

Am 26.06.2010 03:46, schrieb Damjan Georgievski:
> Now that DEVTMPFS is enabled by default in the Arch configuration,
> what are its benefits?

Some of the initial setup at boot is simplified. Some race conditions
don't exist anymore. And it may happen that future udev features require
devtmpfs.

> Can I make an initramfs without udev now?

In many cases, yes, but that was also possible before devtmpfs. I'd
recommend against it, as you need to configure all necessary modules
manually - if their names change during update, your system breaks.

> And if I do will I be able to use root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xx-yy-zz-etc

No.

> or any of the similar kernel command line options?

Which ones?

>> And if I do will I be able to use root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xx-yy-zz-etc
>
> No.
>
>> or any of the similar kernel command line options?
>
> Which ones?

I meant the options like root=/dev/disk/by-label or maybe
root=LABEL=Arch or something




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damjan

Am 26.06.2010 13:50, schrieb Damjan Georgievski:
>>> And if I do will I be able to use root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xx-yy-zz-etc
>>
>> No.
>>
>>> or any of the similar kernel command line options?
>>
>> Which ones?
>
> I meant the options like root=/dev/disk/by-label or maybe
> root=LABEL=Arch or something

No, none of this will work.

As far as im aware it doesnt work with initramfs either.

On 26 June 2010 12:53, Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org> wrote:
> Am 26.06.2010 13:50, schrieb Damjan Georgievski:
>>>> And if I do will I be able to use root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xx-yy-zz-etc
>>>
>>> No.
>>>
>>>> or any of the similar kernel command line options?
>>>
>>> Which ones?
>>
>> I meant the options like root=/dev/disk/by-label or maybe
>> root=LABEL=Arch or something
>
> No, none of this will work.
>
>

On 06/26/2010 01:50 PM, Damjan Georgievski wrote:

And if I do will I be able to use root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xx-yy-zz-etc


No.


or any of the similar kernel command line options?


Which ones?


I meant the options like root=/dev/disk/by-label or maybe
root=LABEL=Arch or something


you can use findfs:

dev="$(findfs UUID=<uuid>)"
if [ -e "$dev" ]
then
mount "$dev" /mnt
done

Regards,
Andrej

> As far as im aware it doesnt work with initramfs either.

You are top posting so it's entirelly not clear what are you saying
doesn't work.
But root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xx-yy-zz-etc does work with Arch's
initramfs with udev.

>>>>> And if I do will I be able to use root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xx-yy-zz-etc
>>>>
>>>> No.
>>>>
>>>>> or any of the similar kernel command line options?
>>>>
>>>> Which ones?
>>>
>>> I meant the options like root=/dev/disk/by-label or maybe
>>> root=LABEL=Arch or something
>>
>> No, none of this will work.


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damjan