From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.03 #1) id 13Grt7-0006OR-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 00:43:57 +0100 Received: from cr355197-a.poco1.bc.wave.home.com ([24.112.113.88] helo=whiskey.fireplug.net) by infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #1) id 13Grt6-0006OL-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 00:43:56 +0100 Received: from sl by whiskey.fireplug.net with local (Exim 3.13 #2) id 13Grt3-0003SW-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2000 16:43:53 -0700 To: mtd@infradead.org From: sl@whiskey.fireplug.net (Stuart Lynne) Subject: Re: building M-Sys DOC driver as a module Date: 24 Jul 2000 16:43:53 -0700 Message-ID: <8likbp$cvi$1@whiskey.fireplug.net> References: Reply-To: sl@fireplug.net Sender: owner-mtd@infradead.org List-ID: In article , David Woodhouse wrote: >On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Trevor Woolven wrote: > >> Ok, IMHO using an initrd doesn't actually cost you too much, the bulk >> of it is used to store the kernel which has to go somewhere, right? I >> haven't done a comparison on the relative sizes of a kernel with the >> driver compiled in vs one without to measure what the difference is >> but that would be quite a simple thing to do - especially if space was >> getting tight. > >initrd requires block deive support. I want to cut that entirely, too. Hmmm... for what, are you thinking RAM Disk.... I hope to get the initrd support working against ramfs sometime this summer. -- __O Fireplug - a Lineo company _-\<,_ PGP Fingerprint: 28 E2 A0 15 99 62 9A 00 (_)/ (_) 88 EC A3 EE 2D 1C 15 68 Stuart Lynne www.fireplug.net 604-461-7532 To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org