From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 19 May 2001 14:07:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 19 May 2001 14:07:37 -0400 Received: from vitelus.com ([64.81.36.147]:39173 "EHLO vitelus.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 19 May 2001 14:07:32 -0400 Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 11:07:20 -0700 From: Aaron Lehmann To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl Cc: andrewm@uow.edu.au, bcrl@redhat.com, clausen@gnu.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com, viro@math.psu.edu Subject: Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code inuserspace Message-ID: <20010519110720.D2648@vitelus.com> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.17i In-Reply-To: ; from Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl on Sat, May 19, 2001 at 08:05:02PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 08:05:02PM +0200, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote: > > initrd is an unnecessary pain in the ass for most people. > > It had better not become mandatory. > > You would not notice the difference, only your kernel would be > a bit smaller and the RRPART ioctl disappears. Would I not notice the difference as a user, as a sysadmin, as a kernel builder, as a kernel hacker, or all of the above?