Re: changeset: Make forced module loading optional

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Mon May 05 2008 - 11:02:31 EST




On Mon, 5 May 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> Most kernel hacker situations probably don't need this, but a modern distro
> these days _does_ want critical-to-boot stuff in initrd like LVM bootstrap
> programs, iSCSI discovery, Bluetooth userland management, etc.

Right. Which is why I build the stuff into my kernel that is required, and
then initrd can do whatever it damn well pleases.

Linus
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