devtmpfs proposal

[Nathan Coulson]

I noted that the linux kernel is working on a system called devtmpfs.
>From what I have read, it mount's a tmpfs, then populates it (Giving
us console, and null, even all the device module nodes before udev
runs).  It is designed to allow udev to come along later, and
replace/update the nodes.

This would allow the boot scripts to be simplified, and allow booting
with init=/bin/bash w/o additional setup (Other then mounting /
readwrite).

Information on how it works:
http://lwn.net/Articles/330985/

Upstream Status:
http://lwn.net/Articles/345480/

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