linux-kernel - Re: Initramfs and /sbin/hotplug fun

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Message-ID: <20070115175437.GA26944@aepfle.de>
Date:	Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:54:37 +0100
From:	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
To:	Andrew Walrond <andrew@...rond.org>
Cc:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Initramfs and /sbin/hotplug fun

On Mon, Jan 15, Andrew Walrond wrote:

> >/sbin/hotplug and /init are two very different and unrelated things.
> 
> Well, of course. But looking at the thread provided by Jan, it seems the 
> kernel might not be in any fit state to service the (userspace) hotplug 
> infrastructure when it makes the calls (Ie can't create pipes yet).

Thats because noone really fixed the init call order. Its going back and
forth since /init was added in 2.6.6.
Ideally, there could be some /earlyinit that could prepare the
enviroment for hotplug calls.
Why do you need /sbin/hotplug anyway, just for firmware loading for a
non-modular kernel?
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