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

Andreas Ferber
2002-01-09T16:48:46Z

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 05:29:51PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
>
> But that means that I'll need partition discovery code twice. Once on
> initrd, and once on my root, because if I insert PCMCIA harddrive on
> runtime, I'll need same detection.

Where is the problem? Generally I think you will have /every/ piece of
code on the initramfs also somewhere on your normal fs, to build the
initramfs image from. Also, who says that you have to abandon your
initramfs after the switch to the real root fs?

Andreas
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