Re: [PATCH] PART1: Proposed init & module changes for 2.5

From: Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Date: Sun Sep 23 2001 - 19:09:42 EST

Next message: Davide Libenzi: "Re: [PATCH] /dev/epoll update ..."
Previous message: John L. Males: "Re[05]: Linux Kernel 2.2.20-pre10 Initial Impressions"
In reply to: David Cinege: "Re: [PATCH] PART1: Proposed init & module changes for 2.5"
Next in thread: Ingo Oeser: "Re: [PATCH] PART1: Proposed init & module changes for 2.5"
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

On Sun, 23 Sep 2001 03:12:54 -0400
David Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com> wrote:

> On Sunday 23 September 2001 2:37, Rusty Russell wrote:
>
> Russ,
>
> How about implementing MBS? (Bootloader module loading. IE as implmented in
> GRUB) so we can finally have completely modular kernels?

Hi Dave,

Why duplicate the module code in the boot loader? Surely a tiny initrd
or equiv is a better option here?

Rusty.

--
New mailer, beware.
-
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/

Next message: Davide Libenzi: "Re: [PATCH] /dev/epoll update ..."
Previous message: John L. Males: "Re[05]: Linux Kernel 2.2.20-pre10 Initial Impressions"
In reply to: David Cinege: "Re: [PATCH] PART1: Proposed init & module changes for 2.5"
Next in thread: Ingo Oeser: "Re: [PATCH] PART1: Proposed init & module changes for 2.5"
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Sun Sep 23 2001 - 21:00:55 EST