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| author | William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com> | 2014-08-17 00:11:14 -0500 |
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| committer | William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com> | 2014-08-17 00:11:14 -0500 |
| commit | bee3f8463cbc372c344541077924ddd45ca62ef1 (patch) | |
| tree | 44ef9fa1e076cb1cc1b908dbe0ef399717f43b38 | |
| parent | 72b7b32502ff149c0f0f8a7833cfd213f6cf933e (diff) | |
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.
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -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 |