Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758393AbXIIQBJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Sep 2007 12:01:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757289AbXIIQAz (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Sep 2007 12:00:55 -0400 Received: from nic.NetDirect.CA ([216.16.235.2]:54118 "EHLO rubicon.netdirect.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757039AbXIIQAy (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Sep 2007 12:00:54 -0400 X-Originating-Ip: 72.143.66.27 Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 11:59:00 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Oleg Verych cc: Adrian Bunk , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , Sam Ravnborg , Roman Zippel , kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Early userspace, Linux development (Re: perhaps init/ should update the reference to "change floppy") In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-16.8, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -15.00, INIT_RECVD_OUR_AUTH -20.00, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL 20.00) X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-From: rpjday@mindspring.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1439 Lines: 44 On Sun, 9 Sep 2007, Oleg Verych wrote: > * Sat, 8 Sep 2007 08:08:06 -0400 (EDT) > [] > > from init/do_mounts_rd.c: > > > > ... > [] > > if (rd_prompt) > > change_floppy("root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk"); > > create_dev("/dev/root", ROOT_DEV); > > create_dev("/dev/ram", MKDEV(RAMDISK_MAJOR, n)); > > return rd_load_image("/dev/root"); > > } > > ... > > > > but isn't it a bit archaic to suggest that an explicit ramdisk will > > be found only on a floppy? can't one be provided on a CD or DVD? > > just suggesting that the terminology could probably be updated. > > All this is userspace code, ugly, unmaintained and all that kind of > things. > > == Kernel panics without userspace, do you need such kernel? == um ... all i asked was whether that code should be updated to reflect more than just floppies. i didn't foresee the can of worms here. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ======================================================================== - 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/