diff options
| author | Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> | 2011-03-16 18:58:03 +0100 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> | 2011-03-16 18:58:03 +0100 |
| commit | e68b4c2857942257268134cf7028b80f5a6a8103 (patch) | |
| tree | f1f505d81eca46228842cbd5bfa81714770cc83b | |
| parent | 98ab6a377285d5943563cfa397e8b350e43878ec (diff) | |
NEWS: clarify /dev/.run/ requirements
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@ udev 167 Bugfixes. The udev runtime data moved from /dev/.udev/ to /dev/.run/udev/. -On new systems the tmpfs mountpoint /var/run/ will have an -"early-boot alias" /dev/.run/ where udev and a couple of other -early-boot tools will put their runtime data. -On systems with LVM used, packagers must make sure, that the -initramfs creates the /dev/.run/ mountpoint for udev to store -the data, so that the real root will not overmount it, which -would make it invisible. +On systemd systems the tmpfs mountpoint /var/run/ will have a +permanent "early-boot alias" /dev/.run/, where udev and a couple +of other early-boot tools will put their runtime data. + +On systemd systems with LVM used, packagers must make sure, that +the systemd and initramfs version match. The initramfs needs to +create the /dev/.run/ mountpoint for udev to store the data, so +that systemd will not overmount it, which would make the udev +data from initramfs invisible. The command 'udevadm info --convert-db' is gone. The udev daemon itself, at startup, converts any old database version if necessary. |