Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 9 Apr 2005 12:03:45 +0200 | From | Magnus Damm <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][RFC] disable built-in modules V2 |
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On Apr 9, 2005 11:48 AM, Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 11:43:59AM +0200, Magnus Damm wrote: > > > > > Perhaps your favourite distribution could build that as a module to > > > start with. > > > > Right. Today distributions can boot from external usb-storage devices, > > maybe even from firewire hardware as I am sure you know. I guess they > > have support for a device built-in for a reason. I think most > > Perhaps they should start using initramfs then.
But how does that help me? I still want to be able to pass a list of unwanted modules on the kernel command line. Using initramfs and modules is fine, although I would prefer being able to unload built-in modules instead - but that is another story. Your suggestion just pushes the problem to user space. I think the best alternative would be a combination of kernel-space code (my patch) and awareness of the command line in the module loader running from initramfs/rootfs.
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