Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 May 2008 10:31:07 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [Ksummit-2008-discuss] RFC: Moving firmware blobs out of the kernel. |
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On Thu, 29 May 2008 16:39:48 -0700 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > > I certainly agree, pushing more and more into initrd just annoys the > > hell out of me. > > > > I'd argue to include everything needed to build (and esp cross build) an > > initrd into the kernel - up until that point initrds are useless. > > > > I tried to push for that two years ago. I'd be more than happy to pull > that out of the freezer.
Its kind of irrelevant if you need an initrd or not. The only question of relevance is "does it get built when I type make all". Almost all Linux users are using initrd without problem - because their distro ensures "make install" and the packaged kernels do the right thing.
Alan
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