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From: Aaron Lehmann <aaronl@vitelus.com>
To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
Cc: andrewm@uow.edu.au, viro@math.psu.edu, bcrl@redhat.com,
	clausen@gnu.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com
Subject: Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code inuserspace
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 10:50:06 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010519105006.B2648@vitelus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <UTC200105191130.NAA53601.aeb@vlet.cwi.nl>
In-Reply-To: <UTC200105191130.NAA53601.aeb@vlet.cwi.nl>; from Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl on Sat, May 19, 2001 at 01:30:14PM +0200

On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 01:30:14PM +0200, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> I don't think so. It is necessary, and it is good.
> 
> But it is easy to make the transition painless.
> Instead of the current choice between INITRD (yes/no)
> we have INITRD (default built-in / external).
> The built-in version can then slowly become smaller and die.

initrd is an unnecessary pain in the ass for most people. It had
better not become mandatory.

  reply	other threads:[~2001-05-19 17:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-05-19 11:30 [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code inuserspace Andries.Brouwer
2001-05-19 17:50 ` Aaron Lehmann [this message]
2001-05-19 18:43 ` Richard Gooch
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-05-19 19:17 Andries.Brouwer
2001-05-19 18:05 Andries.Brouwer
2001-05-19 18:07 ` Aaron Lehmann
2001-05-19 19:50   ` Brad Boyer
2001-05-19 19:37     ` Linus Torvalds
2001-05-19  6:23 [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code in userspace Ben LaHaise
2001-05-19  6:57 ` [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code inuserspace Andrew Clausen
2001-05-19  7:04   ` Alexander Viro
2001-05-19  7:23     ` Andrew Clausen
2001-05-19  8:30       ` Alexander Viro
2001-05-19 10:13         ` Andrew Clausen
2001-05-19  9:11     ` Andrew Morton
2001-05-19  9:20       ` Alexander Viro
2001-05-19  7:58   ` Ben LaHaise
2001-05-19  8:10     ` Alexander Viro
2001-05-19  8:16       ` Ben LaHaise
2001-05-19  8:32         ` Alexander Viro

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