On 3/10/21 11:46 AM, Tkaczyk, Mariusz wrote: > On 09.03.2021 15:52, Jes Sorensen wrote: >> This is my main concern, small embedded devices that don't use systemd. >> I've never been a big systemd fan, but it's how the chips have fallen, >> so I am not overly worried about a couple of fanatics. >> >> If eudev can do the trick, that would be great. >> >> Cheers, >> Jes >> > Hello, > > Mdadm is in use in openwrt without udev (thanks to Artur for research). > They are using hotplug scripts: > https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/base-system/hotplug#coldplug > To provide compatibility with libudev dependency they wrote small shim: > https://openwrt.org/packages/pkgdata/libudev-fbsd > Unfortunately, not all libudev functions are defined, mdadm compilation > there might be problematic: > https://openwrt.org/packages/pkgdata_lede17_1/mdadm > > Now, it makes sense to define libudev as optional dependency. > It should be done before new release, Intel will do that. > > Anyway, I still think that we should drop udev detection from mdadm. > I there is no systemd-udevd, we should expect other tool to provide > similar functionality, like hotplug scripts, eudev. > IMO mdadm doesn't need to create any link. Thanks for checking into this and taking care of it, appreciate it! Cheers, Jes
