Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 17 Dec 2001 19:49:49 +0100 | | From | Otto Wyss <> | | Subject | Re: Booting a modular kernel through a multiple streams file |
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> > Well a simple solution would be if Linux supports the multiple streams file > > format. > > "Forked files" crap _is_ known. And not welcome. > > There is a bog-standard way to combine several files in one - cpio. Or tar. > No need to bring Apple Shit-For-Design(tm)(r) when standard tools are quite > enough. > I don't want to bring in any ...-Design if standard tools are enough! If cpio/tar do suffice, then much better. I don't know if they are simple and fitting enough to be handled by any boot loader and the kernel. Maybe you could elaborate more on this.
You have to admit that a multiple streams file format (regardless which kind) would be a good solution to the booting of a modular kernel. Anyway this format has to be supported by the kernel itself and in some extend by any boot loader. So anybody has to write a kernel module for the cpio/tar format and help with implementing it into boot loaders. Maybe you could give some help.
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