RE: [kernel] char/raw.c devfs support

[Borsenkow Andrej <Andrej.Borsenkow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> the /dev/log problem has been traced back to the following portion of
> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit :
> 
> 
> # Restart devfsd actions now that the filesystems are ready
> if [ -c /dev/.devfsd ]; then
>   if [ -x /sbin/devfsd ]; then
>       # cleanup dynamic desktop directories before calling devfsd
actions
>       rm -f /usr/share/gnome/desktop/*
/usr/share/apps/kdesktop/Desktop/*
> 
>       action "Running devfsd actions: " killall -HUP devfsd
>   fi
> fi
> 
> 
> sometimes, the bootstraping process wait for minutes because of some
> sort of race between devfsd and minilogd (remeber syslogd hasn't yet
> be started since it's a service launched after rc.sysinit let rc play
> with init levels.
> 

Is it related to those lockups with "Loading compose table ..." as the
last message?

-andrej