Hi, On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 03:04:00PM +0200, Grygorii.Strashko@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >>> > >>> Tony, your call > > May be it will be good thing to split this patch. That way more > information will be stored in commit log about which set of options > gives us what benefits. And also, It will allow to continue with > agreed changes. ? can be done, but then again, it's just a defconfig change. Tony, your call. > >> I think we should move omap2plus_defconfig to be mostly modular and > >> usable for distros as a base. Most distros prefer to build almost > >> everything as loadable modules. And my preference is that we should > >> only keep the minimum rootfs for devices and serial support as > >> built-in and rely on initramfs for most drivers. And slowly move > >> also the remaining built-in drivers to be loadable modules. > >> > >> The reasons for having drivers as loadable modules are many. It > >> allows distros to use the same kernel for all the devices without > >> bloating the kernel. It makes developing drivers easier as just the > >> module needs to be reloaded. And loadable modules protect us from > >> cross-framework spaghetti calls in the kernel as the interfaces are > >> clearly defined. > >> > >> Are there people really using SATA as rootfs right now on omaps? > > > > Yes. That is exactly my point. > > > > From my side I'd like to note that I know about few ongoing projects > on DRA7x EVM where SATA is used as rootfs - now It is the fast > possible way to start Android. now this is something different. This is evidence that there are people relying on SATA on rootfs. I'll leave to Tony again. -- balbi
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