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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -2,20 +2,27 @@ udev 167 ======== Bugfixes. -The udev runtime data moved from /dev/.udev/ to /dev/.run/udev/. -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. +The udev runtime data moved from /dev/.udev/ to /run/udev/. The +/run mountpoint is supposed to be a tmpfs mounted during early boot, +available and writable to for all tools at any time during bootup, +it replaces /var/run/, which should become a symlink some day. -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. +If /run does not exist, or is not writable, udev will fall back using +/dev/.udev/. + +On systemd systems with initramfs and LVM used, packagers must +make sure, that the systemd and initramfs versions match. The initramfs +needs to create the /run/ mountpoint for udev to store the data, and +mount this tmpfs to /run in the rootfs, so the that the udev database +is preserved for the udev version started in the rootfs. The command 'udevadm info --convert-db' is gone. The udev daemon itself, at startup, converts any old database version if necessary. +The fstab_import callout is no longer built or installed. Udev +should not be used to mount, does not watch changes to fstab, and +should not mirror fstab values in the udev database. + udev 166 ======== Bugfixes. |