Re: [RFC] klibc requirements

Greg KH
2002-01-09T06:12:30Z

On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 09:01:16PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> Why should it be included in the kernel image? That's not the current
> plan, as far as I know. It should be a separate file or set of files
> loaded by the bootloader (using an enhanced initrd protocol backward
> compatible with old bootloaders.)

Hm, missed those messages. I remember talk of adding the initramfs
image to the kernel image itself, which keeps from having to change any
bootloaders. But if this has changed, that's ok with me.

Is any of this written down all in one place?

> Of course, it might be convenient
> to have them come out of the same source distribution, but that's
> really an unrelated issue.

If the files contain kernel modules, they need to come out of the same
source distribution :)

thanks,

greg k-h