Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] struct char_device | Date | Wed, 23 May 2001 13:13:50 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> It is entirely possible to remove all partition table handling code > from the kernel. User space can figure out where the partitions > are supposed to be and tell the kernel. > For the initial boot this user space can be in an initrd, > or it could just be a boot parameter: rootdev=/dev/hda, > rootpartition:offset=N,length=L, rootfstype=ext3.
Not if you want compatibility.
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