linux-kernel - Re: Runaway loop with the current git.

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Message-ID: <20081207163151.GA31838@ioremap.net>
Date:	Sun, 7 Dec 2008 19:31:51 +0300
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Runaway loop with the current git.

On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 04:09:21PM +0000, Alan Cox (alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk) wrote:
> > Even when this works around it, the problem that the kernel triggers
> > module loading on /dev/console access stays and needs to be fixed
> > instead.
> 
> It isn't a problem. It is trying to have hotplug load a suitable driver.
> This is what is supposed to happen.

Wrong. First at least because tty/console stuff is built in.
But we alredy got, that you decided that Debian's initramfs-tools (0.92e)
are allowed not to boot with some kernel configs.

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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