Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Dec 2003 06:35:45 +0000 | From | viro@parcelfa ... | Subject | Re: Device-mapper submission for 2.4 |
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On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 07:12:13AM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> And what next ? people will ask "marcelo, please include initramfs support, > it will help us migrating", "marcelo, it's annoying to support both > module-init-tools and modutils, please accept this patch to change all modules > to 2.6 format", "marcelo, my usb memory stick is only supported in 2.6, please > include it in 2.4 so that I can use it to backup my system in case 2.6 crashes", > "marcelo, please include preempt, it's already in 2.6 and my desktop feels > smoother with it"...
Heh. Actually, 99% of initramfs support is there - the only piece missing is unpack_to_rootfs(). IOW, rootfs is there in the same way as on 2.6, but it isn't pre-populated. By now it's too late, but a couple of months ago it would be a trivial enough for backport - init/initramfs.c is self-contained and it would be a matter of copying several kilobytes of stuff in 2.4 + adding a section to ld script (same on all architectures) + adding one line in init/main.c. It's nowhere near as intrusive as other changes on the list (including dm), but it *is* too late for any of that stuff in 2.4. - 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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