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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] klibc requirements, round 2
Date: 10 Jan 2002 22:53:14 -0800
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Followup to:  <D52B19A7284D32459CF20D579C4B0C0211CB2C@mail0.myrio.com>
By author:    "Torrey Hoffman" <torrey.hoffman@myrio.com>
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> 
> My concern is with the minority who are using initrd, and in
> some cases a very customized initrd.  
> 

They can presumably use whatever they already do, except they'll make
it into a .cpio.gz file instead of an .img.gz file.

> The important thing, I think, is that it should be easy for
> less-than-guru level hackers to add programs to the initramfs,
> even if the program they want can't be linked with klibc.
> 
> This really comes down to: What will the build process be for
> these initramfs images?
> 
> By the way, is initramfs intended to supercede initrd, or will 
> they co-exist?  

Eventually supercede; it will let us pull out an amazing amount of
crud.

	-hpa
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