klibc tree status

klibc tree status

[H. Peter Anvin]

I have just pushed out a git tree which actually has the root-mounting 
code removed from the kernel.  Since there are any number of strange 
boot configurations out there, I would really appreciate any help in 
testing this stuff out.

I have *NOT* implemented support for the following, which I'm hoping has 
fallen out of use by now:

	-> Setting boot flags via rdev, as opposed to on the command
  	   line
	-> When loading the ramdisk from a block device, stop and
	   ask the user for a second disk.  This one could probably
	   be implemented without too much trouble if people actually
  	   care.

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hpa/linux-2.6-klibc.git

	-hpa

Re: [klibc] klibc tree status

[Martin Michlmayr]

* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> [2006-02-12 20:54]:
> I have *NOT* implemented support for the following, which I'm hoping
> has fallen out of use by now:
> 
> 	-> When loading the ramdisk from a block device, stop and
> 	   ask the user for a second disk.

This is most certainly still being used, e.g. in Debian to allow
starting the installer from floppy disks.
-- 
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/

Re: [klibc] klibc tree status

[H. Peter Anvin]

Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> [2006-02-12 20:54]:
> 
>>I have *NOT* implemented support for the following, which I'm hoping
>>has fallen out of use by now:
>>
>>	-> When loading the ramdisk from a block device, stop and
>>	   ask the user for a second disk.
> 
> 
> This is most certainly still being used, e.g. in Debian to allow
> starting the installer from floppy disks.

Are you splitting the ramdisk between multiple floppies, or do you have 
kernel + ramdisk floppies?

	-hpa

Re: [klibc] klibc tree status

[H. Peter Anvin]

Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> [2006-02-12 20:54]:
> 
>>I have *NOT* implemented support for the following, which I'm hoping
>>has fallen out of use by now:
>>
>>	-> When loading the ramdisk from a block device, stop and
>>	   ask the user for a second disk.
> 
> 
> This is most certainly still being used, e.g. in Debian to allow
> starting the installer from floppy disks.

Well, I just pushed out a klibc/kinit tree which should have this 
functionality (untested, however.)  Unlike the mainstream kernel, this 
should work for kinit even when the ramdisk is compressed.

	-hpa