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Re:Why systemd is a problem for embedded Linux by jcalvinowens on Sunday November 03, 2024 @07:28PM (#42037328)
> That "occasional weird problem" is because systemd is not designed to be used with other software.

That's not true, systemd has an explicitly documented and supported initrd interface: https://systemd.io/INITRD_INTERFACE/

It's actually really easy, there's rarely a reason for the initrd to be more complex than a single 50-line busybox script on an embedded device with built-in drivers.

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Re:Why systemd is a problem for embedded Linux by blueflow on Monday November 04, 2024 @04:13AM (#42039839)
"really easy" except for the hotplug events that don't get to systemd and cause your problem.
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Re:Why systemd is a problem for embedded Linux by jcalvinowens on Monday November 04, 2024 @11:25AM (#42043054)
I got an immediate answer with a solution from the upstream developer when I asked about it: I can't imagine how that could have been easier to solve. And it was also trivial to hack around by leaving the entry out of fstab and mounting it in a script.
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