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Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 08:08:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> Subject: Re: changeset: Make forced module loading optional On Mon, 5 May 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Right. Which is why I build the stuff into my kernel that is required, and > then initrd can do whatever it damn well pleases. Btw, I realize that a distro *can* make an initrd that only works with their own kernel. I personally suspect I'll just switch distros if that happens - I'm already irritated enough with startup scripts etc that complain about "/proc/modules: No such file or directory" for stuff that is already compiled in because they want to check if it's loaded. But quite frankly, the distro really shouldn't need to make their startup scripts (whether on initrd or just the regular /etc/rc.d/ ones) so fragile. And quite frankly, I don't understand why people seem to use a kernel *BUG* as an excuse to say that I shouldn't do what I have always done - replace just the kernel. Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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