Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030387AbVLOCrn (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:47:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030384AbVLOCrT (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:47:19 -0500 Received: from mgate03.necel.com ([203.180.232.83]:31627 "EHLO mgate03.necel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030383AbVLOCrQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:47:16 -0500 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 References: <20051203135608.GJ31395@stusta.de> <200512102330.31572.rob@landley.net> <20051212173456.GB8209@paranoiacs.org> <200512121402.43957.rob@landley.net> <439DE10E.4080901@tmr.com> <20051212215203.GA8399@paranoiacs.org> From: Miles Bader Reply-To: Miles Bader System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:38:53 +0900 In-Reply-To: <20051212215203.GA8399@paranoiacs.org> (Ben Slusky's message of "Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:52:03 -0500") Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1034 Lines: 21 Ben Slusky writes: >> 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. Initrds are also annoying because you have to guess/calculate a "disk" size big enough to hold all the contents and inevitably waste some space providing a margin for error. Initrd seems at best a kind of kludge anyway; initramfs is just all-around a cleaner concept. -Miles -- `To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems' --Homer J. Simpson - 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/