Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 6 Sep 1996 05:10:31 -0400 (EDT) | From | Tyson D Sawyer <> | Subject | Re: Future directions in kernel/driver configuration |
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> It seems like this could be a nice replacement for the current scheme > of having different object files for drivers compiled as loadable > modules, or compiled to be linked directly into the kernel. Also, it > makes most configuration options link-time instead of compile-time. > > What do people think about this as a way of revamping how kernels are > configured for different driver sets? I plan to finish implementing > it for PCMCIA, at least, which should be a sort of proof-of-concept.
This sound a WHOLE lot like initrd that is already implemented. Have you seed Documentation/inited.txt?
Ty
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