From bee3f8463cbc372c344541077924ddd45ca62ef1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: William Hubbs Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 00:11:14 -0500 Subject: README: Clarify devfs changes I was informed that the previous explanation of the devfs changes could be interpreted to mean that we mount a second /dev on top of the one that was mounted by the kernel or initramfs. This change makes it clear that is not the case. --- README | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 60e5a070..12eb50cf 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ Warnings have been added to assist with this migration; however, they only show in verbose mode in this release due to the level of noise they produce. -Also, the devfs script now completely controls mounting and the initial -setup of the /dev directory. +Also, the devfs script now handles the initial mounting and setup of the +/dev directory. If /dev has already been mounted by the kernel or an +initramfs, devfs will remount /dev with the correct mount options +instead of mounting a second /dev over the existing mount point. It attempts to mount /dev from fstab first if an entry exists there. If it doesn't it attempts to mount devtmpfs if it is configured in the -- cgit v1.2.3