Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751317AbVLLVwL (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:52:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751321AbVLLVwK (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:52:10 -0500 Received: from lizards-lair.paranoiacs.org ([216.158.28.252]:39637 "EHLO lizards-lair.paranoiacs.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751317AbVLLVwJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:52:09 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:52:03 -0500 From: Ben Slusky To: Bill Davidsen Cc: Rob Landley , Pavel Machek , Mark Lord , Adrian Bunk , David Ranson , Steven Rostedt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Matthias Andree Subject: Re: ipw2200 [was Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel] Message-ID: <20051212215203.GA8399@paranoiacs.org> Mail-Followup-To: Bill Davidsen , Rob Landley , Pavel Machek , Mark Lord , Adrian Bunk , David Ranson , Steven Rostedt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Matthias Andree References: <20051203135608.GJ31395@stusta.de> <200512102330.31572.rob@landley.net> <20051212173456.GB8209@paranoiacs.org> <200512121402.43957.rob@landley.net> <439DE10E.4080901@tmr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <439DE10E.4080901@tmr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 968 Lines: 21 On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:43:58 -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Rob Landley wrote: > I haven't tried that, since I use initrd files and have the kernel > support, but I confess I don't see the cpio as being easier to create. > You presumably still want to include the modules from the fresh built > kernel, so creating a new cpio file would seem needed for most people. cpio files are somewhat easier to create in that they can created by an unprivileged user. Most of the steps in making an initrd can only be done by root. -- Ben Slusky | You must be smarter than sluskyb@paranoiacs.org | <= this stick to ride the sluskyb@stwing.org | internet. PGP keyID ADA44B3B - 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/