The following changes were made:

* Split off separate dev package
  * Moved config to usr/share/eudev (managed by usher)
  * Added init file

SNAP/udevd.init

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:            udev $time
+# Required-Start:
+# Required-Stop:
+# Should-Start:        modules mountkernfs
+# Should-Stop:
+# Default-Start:       S
+# Default-Stop:
+# Short-Description:   Populate /dev and load kernel modules
+### END INIT INFO
+
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+    log_info_msg "Starting udevd"
+    /sbin/udevd --daemon || error=1
+
+    /sbin/udevadm trigger --action=add --type=subsystems || error=1
+    /sbin/udevadm trigger --action=add --type=devices || error=1
+    /sbin/udevadm trigger --action=change --type=devices || error=1
+    /sbin/udevadm settle
+
+    [ -z $error ] && log_success_msg || log_failure_msg
+    ;;
+  restart)
+    log_info_msg "Reloading udev"
+    udevadm control --reload-rules && udevadm trigger && \
+      log_success_msg || log_failure_msg
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Usage $0 [start|stop|restart]"
+    ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0

SNAP/usher

@@ -7,22 +7,16 @@ case $1 in
     exit 0
     ;;
   postinst)
-    KERNEL_VER=`ls -C1rt ${TARGET}/boot/vmlinuz*|sed 's/.*vmlinuz-//'`
+    if [ ! -f ${TARGET}/etc/udev/udev.conf ]; then
+      install -m 644 ${TARGET}/usr/share/eudev/udev.conf \
+        ${TARGET}/etc/udev/udev.conf
+    fi
 
-    if [[ ${TARGET} ]]; then
-      echo "Running within ${TARGET} for kernel $KERNEL_VER"
-      if ! mountpoint -q ${TARGET}/proc; then
-        mount -t proc none ${TARGET}/proc
-      fi
-
-      chroot ${TARGET} /bin/bash -c "/sbin/mkinitramfs $KERNEL_VER"
-
-      if mountpoint -q ${TARGET}/proc; then
-        umount ${TARGET}/proc
-      fi
+    if [[ ! ${TARGET} ]]; then
+      /etc/init.d/udevd restart
+      update-rc enable udevd
     else
-      echo "Running for kernel $KERNEL_VER"
-      mkinitramfs $KERNEL_VER
+      chroot ${TARGET} 'update-rc enable udevd'
     fi
     ;;
   prerm)