[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#418445: Bug#418445: Bug#418445: initscripts: please mount debugfs on boot

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Bas Zoetekouw]
> I guess I could put an initscript in blktrace, which is atm (afaik)
> the only program using it.

Right.

> I'm not sure I really like that solution though, as debugfs is a
> generic kernel feature and not specific to blktrace afaik.  As the
> kernel developers put it: "In principle, it is the same as /proc,
> just with the explicit information that binary compatibility will
> never be a goal" [1].  So I would find it most natural to do the
> mounting alongside with mounting /sys and /proc.

I got no hard feeling either way, apart from keeping the complexity of
the initscripts scripts down.  But I notice from [1] that it state
that the debugfs is intended for kernel developers.  This is quite
different from sys and proc, which is intended for everyday use.  Did
I misunderstand something?

Also, can you verify that it is possible to enable the debugfs by
adding a line in /etc/fstab or not?

Happy hacking,
-- 
Petter Reinholdtsen