From: smallm@panix.com   
      
   Lew Pitcher  writes:   
   > I've come to the conclusion that, because of my upgrade process,   
   > I've got a pre-populated /dev that udev then mounts it's tmpfs   
      
   udev no longer mounts any dev or tmp file systems, unless I'm mistaken   
   (quite possible). I think it has been demoted to only adjusting   
   permissions, renaming network interface names, and whatever else its   
   udev rules can do.  Now there is devtmpfs, and it's only the kernel   
   that's involved in mounting a tmpfs and populating it with device nodes,   
   that done early in boot to avoid a "cold plug" or chicken and egg   
   between what userland udevd needs and provides:   
      
   https://lwn.net/Articles/330985/   
   https://lwn.net/Articles/331818/   
      
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