> On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 09:21:26PM +0100, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote: > >i'll be happy to test, but sadly i can not help to get it merged :( > ok, point me to a kernel that has cramfs working and i'll start testing > on my own
binary rpm or source ?-) for the second you might get my patch tarball or nosrc.rpm from http://varna.demon.co.uk/~svetlio/cook/2.6/ but wait until i upload a new ones (complete upload will be noted by "test9s8.md5sums" ) > >we'll probably have to keep support for lvm1, > both lvm1 and cramfs? wh not :-) 2.4 is also pretty big & could benefit from switching to cramfs initrd (and no idea when dev-mapper will go in :( ) > >couldn't we mount tmpfs on /etc in the initrd > yes, > the only files i need in /etc are > /etc/mdadm.conf (but i can change mdassemble to use a config file > parameter, or copy the file in /etc after mounting) > and /etc/lvm/lvm.conf (for lvm2, but if we use lvm2 i can tell it not to > create the cache, so no need for mounting tmpfs over etc) i think copying will be easier :-) > the real problem is: > how the hell do i know if i have devfs using nash? > i find this in mkdevices which is written in c, > should i write another c function for nash which does: > > rc=open("/dev/.testwr", O_CREAT); > if (rc < 0) { > mount("/dev", "/dev", "tmpfs", 0, 0); > mknod("/dev/null", 1, 3); > mknod(...); > } else { > close(rc); > } > ???? :( IMO you'll have to write one, or we have to dump nash for limited fuctionality svetljo -- NEU FÜR ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - für Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gruß, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden unter http://www.gmx.net +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More! +++
