[OE-core] [PATCH] udev: Update initscript to check for devtmpfs

Saul Wold sgw at linux.intel.com
Sat Apr 13 06:51:16 UTC 2013


This is needed because the udev_182 now requires devtmpfs and will not work correctly
with out, so ensure that the kernel contains devtmpfs by checking /proc/filesystems.

[YOCTO #4125]

Signed-off-by: Saul Wold <sgw at linux.intel.com>
---
 meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/init | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/init b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/init
index 37b5231..2a95ab7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/init
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/udev/udev/init
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ case "$1" in
     # propagate /dev from /sys
     echo "Starting udev"
 
+    # Check for requireed devtmpfs before trying to start udev and
+    # mount a no-existant fs.
+    if ! grep -q devtmpfs /proc/filesystems
+    then
+        echo "Missing devtmpfs, which is required for udev to run";
+        echo "Halting..."
+        halt
+    fi
     # mount the tmpfs on /dev, if not already done
     LANG=C awk '$2 == "/dev" && ($3 == "tmpfs" || $3 == "devtmpfs") { exit 1 }' /proc/mounts && {
             mount -n -o mode=0755 -t tmpfs none "/dev"
-- 
1.8.0.2





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