Re: [GIT PATCH] driver core patches against 2.6.24

Arjan van de Ven
2008-01-26T06:31:51Z

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:11:48 -0800 (PST)
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Greg KH wrote:
> >
> > That's really wierd, I don't see that at all here just running with
> > your 2.6.24 + my git tree and lots of USB drivers built into the
> > kernel also (like ehci_hcd).
>
> But do you use an initrd that tries to load the same driver too?
>
> I'm too lazy to want to do my own initrd. I just use the prepackaged
> ones and rely on the fact that my private kernel will refuse to load
> modules that aren't meant for it anyway.
>

you know about "make install" right? That copies the needed files to /boot,
adds them to grub AND makes an initrd for you.. all for free ;)

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