Re: Query about initramfs and modules

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 07:33:17PM -0500, David Garfield wrote:
> 
> Except that what you have just proposed requires that you "build in
> _all possible_ SCSI PCI drivers" as modules in the initramfs.  Little
> gain, except that some things won't be retained.

Little gain?  You don't waste kernel space for SCSI drivers that are not
being used.

> Further, I don't thing I would expect a system with a changed SCSI PCI
> controller to boot on a kernel specifically built for the previous
> controller.  I don't think I would even want it to boot.  Better I
> think to get out a rescue disk of some sort, boot from that,
> reconfigure a built kernel for the new hardware (in the new case,
> simply reconstructing the initramfs), and reboot from that.

Each to their own.

> What I am worried about is not *allowing* user mode code in the
> initramfs, but *requiring* it.

Why?  What are you afraid of? :)
If you want the boot process to be just like it is today, and you don't
require any network boot stuff, I think no userspace code will be
needed.  But I can't guess the future...

greg k-h