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Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 10:31:07 +0100 From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>, ksummit-2008-discuss@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2008-discuss] RFC: Moving firmware blobs out of the kernel. On Thu, 29 May 2008 16:39:48 -0700 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> wrote: > Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > > I certainly agree, pushing more and more into initrd just annoys the > > hell out of me. > > > > I'd argue to include everything needed to build (and esp cross build) an > > initrd into the kernel - up until that point initrds are useless. > > > > I tried to push for that two years ago. I'd be more than happy to pull > that out of the freezer. Its kind of irrelevant if you need an initrd or not. The only question of relevance is "does it get built when I type make all". Almost all Linux users are using initrd without problem - because their distro ensures "make install" and the packaged kernels do the right thing. Alan -- 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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