Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 09 Jan 2002 21:34:34 +0000 | | From | Anton Altaparmakov <> | | Subject | Re: initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements) |
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At 21:15 09/01/2002, Alex Bligh - linux-kernel wrote: >>>Here's what I want to have in my initramfs: >>> - /sbin/hotplug >>> - /sbin/modprobe >>> - modules.dep (needed for modprobe, but is a text file) >>> >>>What does everyone else need/want there? >> >>It is planned to move partition discovery to userspace which would then >>instruct the kernel of the positions of various partitions. >> >>The program(s) to do this will need to be in pretty much everyones >>initramfs... > >What with mounting root via NFS, hence having to set up >IP et al, mounting various different >partition types, avoiding the kludge of fsck etc., >being able to recover from a corrupted root, you >might as well just cpio up your /sbin and stick >that in, and be able to run single user mode without >a 'normal' root. <FX: ducks & runs> > >seriously point: ls /sbin gives a /maximum/ range I'd >have thought.
Partition discovery is currently done within the kernel itself. The code will effectively 'just' move out into user space. As such it is not present in /sbin now but it will be in initramfs. The same is true for various other code I can imagine moving out of kernel mode into initramfs...
Best regards,
Anton
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