On 2/23/07, Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would expect the modules to be copied to (virtual) RAM, but if you're > using a compressed initrd then they're going to be copied twice. I think what we'd want is to be able to have initrd in an NSS be an uncompressed xip2fs filesystem. xip2fs executes/reads directly from the filesystem; no copies.
Yes, that was what I tried to explain. Not sure you need xip2 for that since I thought initrd / ramdisk already have such tricks in it. Since kernel modules need to match the kernel, it seemed attractive to me to have a single NSS for it rather than match a separate DCSS with the NSS. But you achieve the same if you build in the few modules that we all need (dasd, qeth, etc) and skip the entire ramdisk. Considering how long it took before the distributors provided a kernel that can be shared in NSS, I am not holding my breath. Let's hope Mark can address some of this with SuSE. Rob ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
