* klibc tree status
@ 2006-02-13 4:54 H. Peter Anvin
2006-02-13 11:43 ` [klibc] " Martin Michlmayr
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From: H. Peter Anvin @ 2006-02-13 4:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: klibc list, linux-kernel
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
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* Re: [klibc] klibc tree status
2006-02-13 4:54 klibc tree status H. Peter Anvin
@ 2006-02-13 11:43 ` Martin Michlmayr
2006-02-13 15:57 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-02-13 17:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
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From: Martin Michlmayr @ 2006-02-13 11:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: H. Peter Anvin; +Cc: klibc list, linux-kernel
* 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/
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* Re: [klibc] klibc tree status
2006-02-13 11:43 ` [klibc] " Martin Michlmayr
@ 2006-02-13 15:57 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-02-13 17:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
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From: H. Peter Anvin @ 2006-02-13 15:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Martin Michlmayr; +Cc: klibc list, linux-kernel
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
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* Re: [klibc] klibc tree status
2006-02-13 11:43 ` [klibc] " Martin Michlmayr
2006-02-13 15:57 ` H. Peter Anvin
@ 2006-02-13 17:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: H. Peter Anvin @ 2006-02-13 17:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Martin Michlmayr; +Cc: klibc list, linux-kernel
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
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