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   From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
   Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 11:42:11 -0300 (BRST)
   
   I guess using an initrd on these 0.3% of machines shouldn't
   be too big a problem compared to violating the GPL and adding
   to kernel bloat for everybody else.

init_data the firmware, it isn't bloat.

The copyright is a totally seperate issue.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com