Bug#596984: initramfs-tools: role of init-premount does not follow its documentation

09-15-2010, 04:48 PM

Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.98.2
Severity: minor

Hi,

man initramfs-tools says: "init-premount runs the udev hooks for populating
the /dev tree", but /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount doesn't
even exists, the udev start script resides in init-top. Maybe I simply
misunderstand the documentation, maybe it's wrong. Please fix it as you find
best.
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Feri.

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09-15-2010, 06:44 PM

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 06:48:39PM +0200, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.98.2
> Severity: minor
>
> Hi,
>
> man initramfs-tools says: "init-premount runs the udev hooks for populating
> the /dev tree", but /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount doesn't
> even exists, the udev start script resides in init-top. Maybe I simply
> misunderstand the documentation, maybe it's wrong. Please fix it as you find
> best.

the documenation is wrong as udev has to be run as early as loading
modules in order to have the firmware loader cap.

will fix soon.

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09-15-2010, 10:36 PM

maximilian attems <max@stro.at> writes:

> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 06:48:39PM +0200, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
>
>> man initramfs-tools says: "init-premount runs the udev hooks for populating
>> the /dev tree", but /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount doesn't
>> even exists, the udev start script resides in init-top. Maybe I simply
>> misunderstand the documentation, maybe it's wrong. Please fix it as you find
>> best.
>
> the documenation is wrong as udev has to be run as early as loading
> modules in order to have the firmware loader cap.
>
> will fix soon.

Thanks for the explanation, makes perfect sense.
Looking forward for the fix.

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Feri.

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