From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>,
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Jon Masters <jonathan@jonmasters.org>,
Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Subject: Re: changeset: Make forced module loading optional
Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 10:50:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <481F1EB3.3040906@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0805050735150.32269@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Linus Torvalds wrote:
> But my point is, I really want to change just the kernel. I don't want to
> care what the initrd does, and I don't want to build my own. It's all
> "user space" to me - and thus beneath my notice.
True, but depending on the distro, the distro may want to load specific
userland gadgets into the initrd based on your kernel build.
Most kernel hacker situations probably don't need this, but a modern
distro these days _does_ want critical-to-boot stuff in initrd like LVM
bootstrap programs, iSCSI discovery, Bluetooth userland management, etc.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-05 14:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-05 4:55 changeset: Make forced module loading optional Rusty Russell
2008-05-05 5:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-05 5:35 ` Rusty Russell
2008-05-05 17:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-05 18:42 ` Rusty Russell
2008-05-05 19:47 ` David Miller
2008-05-05 6:43 ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-05-05 14:37 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-05 14:50 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2008-05-05 15:01 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-05 15:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-05 15:32 ` Dave Jones
2008-05-05 15:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-05 16:01 ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-05-05 15:57 ` Alan Cox
2008-05-05 6:35 ` Jan Engelhardt
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