From 406d933dcc443325c4b5d0dc5266e872850fbfe9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dylan Araps <dylan.araps@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 18:23:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] mdev: Silence errorS

---
 lib/init/rc.boot | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/init/rc.boot b/lib/init/rc.boot
index 1bb8351..dae2518 100755
--- a/lib/init/rc.boot
+++ b/lib/init/rc.boot
@@ -46,7 +46,14 @@ log "Starting device manager..."; {
     elif command -v mdev >/dev/null; then
         log "Starting mdev..."
 
-        printf /bin/mdev > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
+        # Try to set the hotplug script to mdev.
+        # This will silently fail if unavailable.
+        #
+        # The user should then run the mdev service
+        # to enable hotplugging.
+        printf /bin/mdev 2>/dev/null > \
+            /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
+
         mdev -s
 
         # Create /dev/mapper nodes.