As I understand it, Linux 2.5 will soon require a initrd to boot at all so
this might be the best solution.

Chris

On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 01:43:33PM -0500, Johannes Erdfelt wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2001, Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 03:12:29AM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> > > 
> > > Thus I'd suggest that firmware download not be moved to
> > > user space, but be centralised.
> > 
> > Centralized where?  In the kernel?  If so, it already is :)
> > 
> > And what's wrong with stating, "Don't put the firmware that your device
> > needs to run, on a disk controlled by a device that needs firmware to
> > run"?
> 
> If someone really needs to do this, use an initrd.
> 
> JE

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