Re: initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements)

Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-09T20:59:56Z

Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com>:
> "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> writes:
>
> > greg k-h:
> > >What does everyone else need/want there?
> >
> > dmidecode, so the init script can dump a DMI report in a known
> > location such as /var/run/dmi.
> >
> > I want this for autoconfiguration purposes. If I can have it, I
> > won't need /proc/dmi.
>
> Why can't this happen inside the regular startup scripts? They know
> where to put such files; the kernel-level stuff doesn't--I can't think
> of any current situation where the kernel writes to an arbitrary file
> in the filesystem as it boots. Sure, /var/run is in the FHS, but that
> doesn't mean every system will have it.
>
> IMHO, since /var/run/dmi is not needed by any stage of the kernel
> boot, it should be created in the regular startup scripts (invoked by
> init(8)).

You're right, I don't need this to be done at kernel level. I do need it to
be done *everywhere*. I'm not sure how else to guarantee this will happen.
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Eric S. Raymond

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