From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751101AbWGKRG2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:06:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751125AbWGKRG2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:06:28 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:44705 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751101AbWGKRG1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:06:27 -0400 Message-ID: <44B3DA77.50103@garzik.org> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:05:59 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060614) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Olaf Hering CC: "H. Peter Anvin" , Michael Tokarev , Roman Zippel , torvalds@osdl.org, klibc@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [klibc] klibc and what's the next step? References: <20060711044834.GA11694@suse.de> <44B37D9D.8000505@tls.msk.ru> <20060711112746.GA14059@suse.de> <44B3D0A0.7030409@zytor.com> <20060711164040.GA16327@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <20060711164040.GA16327@suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.3 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Olaf Hering wrote: > On Tue, Jul 11, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >> When you say "loop mount code" I presume you mean legacy initrd support >> (which doesn't use loop mounting.) Legacy initrd support is provided to >> be as compatible as possible, obviously. > > Yes. > To create the initrd you needed a loop file, at least for ext2, minix etc. > > But so far, the arguments are not convincing that kinit has to be in the > kernel tree. Two are IMO fairly plain: * Makes sure you can boot the kernel you just built. * Makes it easier to move stuff between kernel and userspace.