diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index fcb6c75dcf9..8da1cd9ed26 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -3,13 +3,15 @@ udev 167 Bugfixes. The udev runtime data moved from /dev/.udev/ to /dev/.run/udev/. -On new systems the tmpfs mountpoint /var/run/ will have an -"early-boot alias" /dev/.run/ where udev and a couple of other -early-boot tools will put their runtime data. -On systems with LVM used, packagers must make sure, that the -initramfs creates the /dev/.run/ mountpoint for udev to store -the data, so that the real root will not overmount it, which -would make it invisible. +On systemd systems the tmpfs mountpoint /var/run/ will have a +permanent "early-boot alias" /dev/.run/, where udev and a couple +of other early-boot tools will put their runtime data. + +On systemd systems with LVM used, packagers must make sure, that +the systemd and initramfs version match. The initramfs needs to +create the /dev/.run/ mountpoint for udev to store the data, so +that systemd will not overmount it, which would make the udev +data from initramfs invisible. The command 'udevadm info --convert-db' is gone. The udev daemon itself, at startup, converts any old database version if necessary.