2016-01-02 15:05 GMT+01:00 Stephanie Daugherty <[email protected]>:
> Might be worth trying to get interest upstream for functionality to > "merge" binary modules with an already compiled kernel as a single file. > Presumably, it wouldn't be *that* difficult for the kernel to look for > modules at the end of its image and load them early. > > Not sure what the kernel maintainers would say to this idea, but it seems > like it would be more robust than initrd/initramfs. > > > On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 6:25 AM, aitor_czr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 01/02/2016 11:28 AM, Mitt Green <[email protected]> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think that there is no real alternative to initrd/initramfs for >> a>general-purpose kernel, as those included in the install image of >> a>distro. At the same time, nothing prevents a user from compiling >> and>installing her own preferred kernel, with or without initramfs. >> >> What prevents devs (kernels packages' maintainers) >> from compiling a kernel without initramfs support? (: >> >> Peace, >> Mitt >> >> >> Without the initramfs support the distro would not run in live mode. >> >> Aitor. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Dng mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > > Hi all, I like simple things. Stepanie's idea seems great to my noob mind. As for live CD's, couldn't they implement a simple switch not to load modules at the end of kernel load and load initram/fs, for those circumstances? Cheers, Wim
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