

Re: udev: what does it used for in Debian?

>>>>> Timo Juhani Lindfors <timo.lindfors@iki.fi> writes:
>>>>> Ivan Shmakov <ivan@gray.siamics.net> writes:

 >> And what the initramfs-tools package has to do with consistent
 >> devices' filenames?

 > Initramfs runs udev.  This allows you to use e.g.

 > root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD3200AAJS-65B4A0_WD-WMAT13954017-part1

 > instead of

 > root=/dev/sda1

 > to specify where your root filesystem is.

	Indeed, it's a good option to have.  But isn't it something that
	can be, in certain circumstances, however marginal, considered
	an extra?

	BTW, does the root=UUID= variant require udev as well?


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