Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 25.10.2011 20:12, schrieb clemens fischer: > >>> Mounting /usr needs to go to the initramfs. It is possible to >>> implement a mount handler for this. At this stage, the by-label >>> symlinks exist already. >> >> AFAIU udevd(8) is responsible for setting up those symlinks. How can >> they exist _before_ udevd(8) is started? > > I'll let you go back and read everything again, what you are saying > makes no sense whatsoever, and I have no idea how to reply to it. Lucky you, I have a way to explain it: There are udev rules referencing stuff in /usr. If people mount /usr by-label or by-uuid, udev must have completed to setup those symlinks. Catch-22. clemens