From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750833AbWFGEY2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jun 2006 00:24:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750837AbWFGEY2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jun 2006 00:24:28 -0400 Received: from pop5-1.us4.outblaze.com ([205.158.62.125]:49875 "HELO pop5-1.us4.outblaze.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750833AbWFGEY2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jun 2006 00:24:28 -0400 From: Nigel Cunningham To: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: klibc (was: 2.6.18 -mm merge plans) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 14:25:31 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060604135011.decdc7c9.akpm@osdl.org> <200606071400.49980.ncunningham@linuxmail.org> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2196648.AtAUTa2bMV"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200606071425.35802.ncunningham@linuxmail.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --nextPart2196648.AtAUTa2bMV Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hi. On Wednesday 07 June 2006 14:10, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Followup to: <200606071400.49980.ncunningham@linuxmail.org> > By author: Nigel Cunningham > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > Hi. > > > > Sorry for coming in late. I've only just resubscribed after my move. > > > > Not sure who originally said this... > > > > > > > problems it entails.) The initial code to have removed > > > > > is the root-mounting code, with all the various ugly > > > > > mutations of that (ramdisk loading, NFS root, initrd...) > > > > Could I get more explanation of what this means and its implications? I= 'm > > thinking in particular about the implications for suspending to disk. > > Will it imply that everyone will _have_ to have an initramfs with some > > userspace program that sets up device nodes and so on, even if at the > > moment all you have is root=3D/dev/hda1 resume2=3Dswap:/dev/hda2? > > Yes. That initramfs is embedded in the kernel image. > > > Along similar lines, I had been considering eventually including support > > for putting an image in place of the initrd (for embedded). > > You can still override the default buildin initramfs. Then you get > the benefit of not carrying a bunch of code with you that can never be > executed. Ok. Ta. I guess I should put some time into learning this prior to 2.6.18=20 then, so I can help others through the transition. Regards, Nigel =2D-=20 Nigel, Michelle and Alisdair Cunningham 5 Mitchell Street Cobden 3266 Victoria, Australia --nextPart2196648.AtAUTa2bMV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQBEhlU/N0y+n1M3mo0RAoygAJiduFhlu5CcMBGV/8dXC20lKMf5AJ93IEy+ x+s3hh0NIYY6g5frH0fjxw== =UvVF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2196648.AtAUTa2bMV--