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Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 05:31:51 +0000
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
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Subject: Re: initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements)
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Hi!

> You're right, I don't need this to be done at kernel level.  I do need it to
> be done *everywhere*.  I'm not sure how else to guarantee this will happen. 

Ehm? autoconfig is not good enough reason to force *everyone* to do dmi
scanning. I don't give a damn about autoconfig, and you are not going
to force it to my machines. Stop trying.

It may be reasonable if you wanted major distros to have that. Just don't
say *everyone*.
								Pavel
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