On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 10:59:10PM +0100, Maximilian Attems wrote: > On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 10:34:27PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 09:23:14PM +0100, Maximilian Attems wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 08:01:38PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 12:32:29PM -0500, Jeff Bailey wrote: > > > > > On dim, 2005-11-13 at 12:46 +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: > > > > > > I think it is possible at least for initramfs-tools to run without > > > > > > sysfs > > > > > > on the building system. > > > > > > > > > > Right. The caveat to this is "dep" mode. The default mode for > > > > > initramfs-tools is to include all of the modules that you're likely > > > > > interested in booting with in the initramfs and detecting which ones > > > > > to > > > > > use at boot time. If you ask it to detect which modules are needed, > > > > > it > > > > > needs a valid sysfs tree to scan (although it is resiliant in that > > > > > case > > > > > against module name changes) > > > > > > > > Ah, interesting. > > > > > > > > Notice that in some case, the "most" mode will produce to huge initrd > > > > that are > > > > possibly not supported by the kernel/bootloader/firmware. This may be > > > > the case > > > > on some prep boxes on powerpc at least. > > > > > > even ozlabs has no prep boxes around. > > > (that means no upstream support in the kernel afaik) > > > are there any user evidence? > > > > Sure, i have one, p2mate has one, Attilio has one, i have knowledge of at > > least 10 persons > > asking about prep support on the debian-powerpc mailing lists this past > > year, > > and debian works flawlessly on those, they are a supported model. > > well ok so you may need to invest some time to get them up again. > in 2.6.15-rc1 PREP doesn't compile > -> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113183511810053&w=2
Well, we will see, but a compile issue is nothing that needs a prep box, and as the debian kernel is generic and this is part of the ARCH=powerpc migraton, i have no time for this this week, indeed, i will not have time for anything this week, and may not even be online most of the time. > > I mean, are your words plan to drop everything but x86 and amd64 in the near > > future ? > > wtf? > keep your ad hominem attacks for someone else. Come on, you say nobody uses prep, let's just not support it, and i just pointed out that such words are starting you on the path of dropping all arches except the mainstream ones, so better be careful with them, no ad-hominem, no attack, no whatever that was intented as you took it, except maybe a bit of clumsiness in chosing the right words on my part. Friendly, Sven Luther > > -- > maks > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Wanadoo vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus mail. > Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
