From: Richard Yao <ryao@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:45:04 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Reorder mdev initialization to mimic udev boot
X-Git-Tag: v3.4.30~5
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=69009cb7475cd4067791f96747a09a26abf4742b;p=genkernel.git

Reorder mdev initialization to mimic udev boot
---

diff --git a/defaults/initrd.scripts b/defaults/initrd.scripts
index 8aad72b..5d523ab 100755
--- a/defaults/initrd.scripts
+++ b/defaults/initrd.scripts
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ run_shell() {
 	/bin/ash
 }
 
-runmdev() {
+mount_devfs () {
 	# Use devtmpfs if enabled in kernel,
 	# else tmpfs. Always run mdev just in case
 	devfs=tmpfs
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ runmdev() {
 	# http://git.busybox.net/busybox/plain/docs/mdev.txt
 	mkdir -m 0755 /dev/pts
 	mount -t devpts -o gid=5,mode=0620 devpts /dev/pts  || bad_msg "Failed to mount /dev/pts"
-	mdev -s  || bad_msg "Failed to receive dynamic updates from mdev"
 }
 
 test_success() {
@@ -433,16 +432,6 @@ setup_slowusb() {
 	done
 }
 
-start_dev_mgr() {
-	if [ "${KV_2_6_OR_GREATER}" ]
-	then
-		cd /sys
-		good_msg 'Activating mdev'
-		runmdev
-		cd /
-	fi
-}
-
 cmdline_hwopts() {
 	# Scan CMDLINE for any "doscsi" or "noscsi"-type arguments
 	local FOUND
diff --git a/defaults/linuxrc b/defaults/linuxrc
index 3f13f77..7f68836 100755
--- a/defaults/linuxrc
+++ b/defaults/linuxrc
@@ -271,12 +271,24 @@ splash 'init'
 
 cmdline_hwopts
 
+# Mount devfs
+mount_devfs
+
 # Mount sysfs
 mount_sysfs
 
 # Setup hotplugging for firmware loading
 setup_hotplug
 
+# Start mdev
+if [ "${KV_2_6_OR_GREATER}" ]
+then
+	cd /sys
+	good_msg 'Activating mdev'
+	mdev -s  || bad_msg "Failed to receive dynamic updates from mdev"
+	cd /
+fi
+
 # Load modules listed in MY_HWOPTS if /lib/modules exists for the running kernel
 if [ -z "${DO_modules}" ]
 then
@@ -304,9 +316,6 @@ sdelay
 # Setup slow USB bits
 setup_slowusb
 
-# Start device manager
-start_dev_mgr
-
 # if doslowusb is passed, pause other 10 seconds here, after mdev load
 [ "${DO_slowusb}" ] && sleep 10