linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Driver Core: devtmpfs - kernel-maintained tmpfs-based /dev

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Date:	Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:01:36 +0100
From:	Scott James Remnant <scott@...ntu.com>
To:	Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>, gregkh@...e.de,
	Harald Hoyer <harald@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Driver Core: devtmpfs - kernel-maintained tmpfs-based
 /dev

On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 23:18 +0300, Al Boldi wrote:

> Maybe they are using the same trick as Ubuntu and Debian, as they run udev in 
> the background to hide the slowness.  Both Fedora and Mandriva run udev in 
> the foreground where the slowness is visible.
> 
Ubuntu does not run udev in the background.

Scott
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Scott James Remnant
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