From: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Organization: Boundaries Unlimited
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Subject: Re: ipw2200 [was Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel]
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 06:26:08 -0600
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On Monday 12 December 2005 05:49, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Or I could move initramfs extraction earlier in the boot sequence and
> > never have to modify any _other_ drivers that want firmware in order to
> > be able to make them work too, rather than playing whack-a-mole teaching
> > drivers I don't care about how to hold off on wanting firmware.
>
> Except that whack-a-mole is a right thing to do here, and that
> initramfs movement is unlikely to make it into mainline.
>        Pavel

Let me guess: for licensing reasons?

The option to keep initramfs in a separate file (like initrd) should, in 
theory, make that a moot point...

Rob
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