Re: preinit= (Was: Re: [PATCH] 5 year old bug in main.c (initrd). Can this please be fixed?)

From: Richard Zidlicky (Richard.Zidlicky@stud.informatik.uni-erlangen.de)
Date: Mon May 29 2000 - 16:13:46 EST


On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 12:23:21PM -0700, Adam J. Richter wrote:
> Dave Cinege writes:
> >Regaurding this whole /linuxrc thing. Someone mentioned, leaving it
> >alone and creating a 'preinit=' that is run about the same place
> >as /linuxrc. I'd love to see this..
>
> What you are asking for is kernel bloat. If you thought my
> arguments against /linuxrc were becuase I did not like the name
> of the file or something like that, you completely missed the point.

it is the sort of bloat that disappears without trace if you don't
configure it. If it can simplify or replace the linuxrc kludge in
the long run, why not.

Bye
Richard

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