Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Jan 2002 12:22:14 +0100 | From | Giacomo Catenazzi <> | Subject | Re: initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements) |
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Matthew Kirkwood wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > >>The autoconfigurator is *not* mean to be run at boot time, or as root. >> > > Under normal circumstances. >
???? Could you tell me about an 'anormal' circumstance that need autoconfigurator at boot time ?
> >>It is intended to be run by ordinary users, after system boot time. >>This is so they can configure and experimentally build kernels without >>incurring the "oops..." risks of going root. >> > > Then ship it in a separate package with initscripts. Either > CML2 is well enough designed that the autoconfigurator will > not need to change as the kernel does, or all your > overengineering was for nought.
No problem. Autoconfigurator can live without important files. I.e. no /proc/bus/{pci,usb}, autoconfigurator will ignore such detections. (it would not say: no PCI cards, but unfortunatelly it will find only few PCI cards (via /proc/{devices,misc}, if you have luke)).
BTW: IMHO I can complete the detection, also with ISA cards, before Eric will start including dmi. How to handle a driver db with dmi strings and kernel configurations? It seems to me to complex to try it. We need every possible machine to extract data.
giacomo
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