Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | "Lauri Tischler" <> | Date | Wed, 1 May 1996 02:27:08 GMT +2 | Subject | Re: dropping kerneld... |
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Anno Domini 30 Apr 96 at 8:01, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > In linux.dev.kernel, article <6F5724445CA@espoo.fipower.fi>, > "Lauri Tischler" <ltischler@fipower.fi> writes: > > Yup, I'm missing a lot of pain and useless complications by not > > using kerneld and modules. Quite useless contraptions both. > > > Before modules and initrd, I've had to build a kernel for each of these > beasts. Ugh. Now, I build the kerneld 100% modularized (OK, OK, binfmt_elf > and ext2 aren't, but they're used on every system anyway). Initrd then just > loads one SCSO adapter after the other until one is found... Yech.. sounds nutty and dangerous. Why dont you just load appropiate modules directly without kerneld ?
I have said before that kerneld _might_ have a place somewhere where underpowered hardware is the _only_ choise. (compare travelling 3000 km's with bicycle instead by airplane).
Saving 100-300 kilobytes of memory is truly not worth the hassle in any 'normal' systems.
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