Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 09 Jan 2002 21:55:34 +0000 | From | Anton Altaparmakov <> | Subject | Re: initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements) |
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At 21:40 09/01/2002, Greg KH wrote: >On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 09:34:34PM +0000, Anton Altaparmakov wrote: > > Partition discovery is currently done within the kernel itself. The code > > will effectively 'just' move out into user space. As such it is not > present > > in /sbin now but it will be in initramfs. The same is true for various > > other code I can imagine moving out of kernel mode into initramfs... > >For this code, I can see it staying in the kernel source tree, and being >built as part of the kernel build process, right?
I would think that is a good idea but I am not sure that is what is planned / will happen. Keeping it outside would have the advantage that a newer partition recognizer (or whatever other code) can be applied to any existing kernel version (that supports initramfs).
Anton
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