Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 01 Jul 2006 15:22:16 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [klibc] klibc and what's the next step? |
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Theodore Tso wrote: > > Personally, I would be happier with keeping things like suspend2 in > the kernel, since I don't think the hellish compatibility problems > with non-reviewed kernel functionality that has been ejected into > userspace is really worth it --- but if we *are* going to go down the > route pushing everything into userspace, it is going to be critical > that distro's buy into using a kernel initialization system which is > shipped with the kernel, and can be updated without being tied a > particular distro's non-standard "value add". Maybe that means we > need to have hooks so that the distro's can add their non-standard > "value add" without breaking the ability for users to upgrade to newer > kernels.
That would be my feeling. The ability to overlay initramfs is essential for that.
> But either way, we're going to have to decide which way > we're going to go, and if we're going to go down the blind > in-userspace-good-in-kernel-bad approach, the distro's are going to > have to cooperate or it's going to be a mess.
Of course.
-hpa
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