Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Jan 2002 17:29:51 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements) |
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Hi!
> > > >> How many programs are we talking about here? And what should they do? > > > > > > > >Very good question that we should probably answer first (I'll follow up > > > >to your other points in a separate message). > > > > > > > >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. > > > > Hmm, and when you insert PCMCIA harddrive, what happens? > > If you're booting from that hard drive, you make sure you have the modules > to talk to the drive. In general, you only need to modules to mount the > real root partition, right?
But that means that I'll need partition discovery code twice. Once on initrd, and once on my root, because if I insert PCMCIA harddrive on runtime, I'll need same detection. Pavel -- Casualities in World Trade Center: ~3k dead inside the building, cryptography in U.S.A. and free speech in Czech Republic. - 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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