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On Apr 9, 2005 12:07 PM, Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 12:03:45PM +0200, Magnus Damm wrote: > > > > > 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 > > Well you know what they say: > > If it can be done in user space, then do it in user space. > > Once the drivers are put on the initramfs it is trivial to add code that > disables them based on boot-time options. I agree. And if I understand your opinion correctly you believe that kernels with built-in modules should not have the feature that my patch provides, right? I think it would be a nice feature regardless of initramfs or not. Thanks for your input! / magnus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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