Re: autoconfiguring kernel ?
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@freya.yggdrasil.com)
28 Apr 1996 00:18:50 GMT
Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960427142824.15196A-100000@connor.canuck.g=
en.nz>
By author: "J. Sean Connell" <diamond@connor.canuck.gen.nz>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>=20
> Something I'd like to see would be a way to reconfig the kernel and t=
hen=20
> just rebuild those bits that really *need* rebuilding, as opposed to=20
> having to rebuild the whole kernel. Even if half the kernel had to b=
e=20
> rebuilt, that'd be preferable to rebuilding *everything*, especially =
on=20
> slower machines.
>=20
This is already happening, due to the increased use of modules. I
suspect in the future most Linux systems will boot via an initial
ramdisk holding the modules needed for boot.
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