On Wed 30 May 2007 23:00:20 NZST +1200, Rohit Grover wrote:

> It would be nice to rid myself of the need to have to generate an
> initrd for every new version of the kernel.

Irrelevant, as that initrd is generated automatically by a script
whenever the kernel is updated by the vendor.

> There must be a way to
> statically compile code necessary to mount root from SCSI disks into
> the kernel, the effect of which being no different than loading the
> same code as modules from initrd.

Sure, recompile your own kernel and compile drivers into the kernel
instead of as modules. Then get a new piece of hardware and do the whole
shebang again. Or get a new SCSI adapter and whoops, new Linux logo:
black Tux on a black screen. No thanks. There are good reasons why
modules were invented in the first place. Thank goodness the days where
one had to compile a kernel before one could use Linux are long gone.

Volker

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