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From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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Subject: initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements)
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greg k-h:
>What does everyone else need/want there?

dmidecode, so the init script can dump a DMI report in a known
location such as /var/run/dmi.  

I want this for autoconfiguration purposes.  If I can have it, I
won't need /proc/dmi.
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