X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=8da1cd9ed2635a5e4fd8833e58cc71e33b4dd324;hp=fcb6c75dcf95cbc8b5ee46d6eaec90aef16cc5cd;hb=e68b4c2857942257268134cf7028b80f5a6a8103;hpb=98ab6a377285d5943563cfa397e8b350e43878ec diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index fcb6c75dc..8da1cd9ed 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -3,13 +3,15 @@ udev 167 Bugfixes. The udev runtime data moved from /dev/.udev/ to /dev/.run/udev/. -On new systems the tmpfs mountpoint /var/run/ will have an -"early-boot alias" /dev/.run/ where udev and a couple of other -early-boot tools will put their runtime data. -On systems with LVM used, packagers must make sure, that the -initramfs creates the /dev/.run/ mountpoint for udev to store -the data, so that the real root will not overmount it, which -would make it invisible. +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. + +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. The command 'udevadm info --convert-db' is gone. The udev daemon itself, at startup, converts any old database version if necessary.