From: Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements)
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 03:00:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020109100013.GB8743@codepoet.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020108192450.GA14734@kroah.com> <20020109042331.GB31644@codeblau.de> <20020109043446.GB17655@kroah.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020109043446.GB17655@kroah.com>
On Tue Jan 08, 2002 at 08:34:47PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 05:23:31AM +0100, Felix von Leitner wrote:
> >
> > How many programs are we talking about here? And what should they do?
>
> Very good question that we should probably answer first (I'll follow up
> to your other points in a separate message).
>
> Here's what I want to have in my initramfs:
> - /sbin/hotplug
> - /sbin/modprobe
> - modules.dep (needed for modprobe, but is a text file)
>
> What does everyone else need/want there?
I think you want a staticly linked multi-call binary, a
trivial shell, and some kernel modules...
http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0112.2/0681.html
-Erik
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-01-09 10:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 84+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-01-08 19:24 [RFC] klibc requirements Greg KH
2002-01-08 20:37 ` Erik Andersen
2002-01-09 4:23 ` Felix von Leitner
2002-01-09 4:34 ` initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements) Greg KH
2002-01-09 6:10 ` Greg KH
2002-01-09 7:23 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-09 9:33 ` Kai Germaschewski
2002-01-09 10:00 ` Erik Andersen [this message]
2002-01-09 4:51 ` [RFC] klibc requirements Greg KH
2002-01-09 5:01 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-09 6:09 ` Greg KH
2002-01-09 7:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-10 6:30 ` Rusty Russell
2002-01-10 18:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-10 15:24 ` Matthias Kilian
2002-01-10 17:13 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-09 14:15 ` Felix von Leitner
2002-01-09 14:30 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2002-01-09 14:51 ` Erik Andersen
2002-01-09 10:38 ` initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements) Anton Altaparmakov
2002-01-09 15:56 ` Pavel Machek
2002-01-09 16:04 ` Patrick Mochel
2002-01-09 16:26 ` Greg KH
2002-01-09 16:29 ` Pavel Machek
2002-01-09 16:48 ` Andreas Ferber
2002-01-09 21:15 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2002-01-09 21:34 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2002-01-09 21:40 ` Greg KH
2002-01-09 21:55 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2002-01-09 22:15 ` Andreas Ferber
2002-01-10 0:25 ` Tom Rini
2002-01-10 0:38 ` Andreas Ferber
2002-01-10 2:42 ` Tom Rini
2002-01-10 14:09 ` Rob Landley
2002-01-10 22:24 ` Tom Rini
2002-01-11 0:15 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-09 22:12 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2002-01-09 13:23 ` [RFC] klibc requirements Juan Quintela
2002-01-09 14:57 ` Erik Andersen
2002-01-15 3:08 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2002-01-15 11:55 ` Felix von Leitner
2002-01-15 14:54 ` David Lang
2002-01-15 16:15 ` Doug McNaught
2002-01-15 18:06 ` David Lang
2002-01-15 18:36 ` Doug McNaught
2002-01-16 18:36 ` Erik Andersen
2002-01-16 7:50 ` Albert D. Cahalan
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-01-09 17:54 initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements) Torrey Hoffman
2002-01-09 18:06 ` Tom Rini
2002-01-09 18:28 ` Greg KH
2002-01-09 18:49 ` Tom Rini
2002-01-09 20:05 Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-09 20:43 ` Doug McNaught
2002-01-09 20:44 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-09 21:01 ` Doug McNaught
2002-01-09 22:07 ` Andreas Ferber
2002-01-09 21:56 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-09 23:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-09 23:30 ` Andreas Ferber
2002-01-12 5:31 ` Pavel Machek
2002-01-09 20:55 ` Patrick Mochel
2002-01-09 20:47 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-09 22:41 ` Matthew Kirkwood
2002-01-09 22:46 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-09 23:28 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-10 0:21 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-10 11:21 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-09 23:29 ` Matthew Kirkwood
2002-01-09 23:29 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-09 23:54 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-10 10:35 ` Matthew Kirkwood
2002-01-12 5:36 ` Pavel Machek
2002-01-12 18:11 ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-01-09 20:25 Torrey Hoffman
2002-01-10 0:02 ` Tom Rini
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[not found] ` <fa.p5gg3pv.1iiscrg@ifi.uio.no>
2002-01-10 11:22 ` Giacomo Catenazzi
[not found] <fa.gs2ktfv.1r00h12@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa.kj79fuv.1angmqd@ifi.uio.no>
2002-01-10 17:13 ` Giacomo Catenazzi
2002-01-10 17:28 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-10 17:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-10 17:43 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-10 17:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-10 17:47 ` Dave Jones
2002-01-10 17:37 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-10 17:27 ` H. Peter Anvin
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