Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261320AbVDIJtv (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Apr 2005 05:49:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261323AbVDIJtv (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Apr 2005 05:49:51 -0400 Received: from arnor.apana.org.au ([203.14.152.115]:30736 "EHLO arnor.apana.org.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261320AbVDIJtu (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Apr 2005 05:49:50 -0400 Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 19:48:14 +1000 To: Magnus Damm Cc: rddunlap@osdl.org, linux-os@analogic.com, roland@topspin.com, asterixthegaul@gmail.com, damm@opensource.se, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] disable built-in modules V2 Message-ID: <20050409094814.GA5953@gondor.apana.org.au> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i From: Herbert Xu Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 866 Lines: 20 On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 11:43:59AM +0200, Magnus Damm wrote: > > > Perhaps your favourite distribution could build that as a module to > > start with. > > Right. Today distributions can boot from external usb-storage devices, > maybe even from firewire hardware as I am sure you know. I guess they > have support for a device built-in for a reason. I think most Perhaps they should start using initramfs then. -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/