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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 17:56:25 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
To: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [CFT] initramfs patch
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Alexander Viro wrote:
> Stuff that went in userland: choosing and mounting root, unpacking/loading
> initrd, running /linuxrc, handling nfsroot, finding and starting final
> init - basically, everything after do_basic_setup().

Eventually I would like to see firmware uploading in initramfs,
instead of compiling firmware images into the kernel...

	Jeff




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