On Dienstag 16 Februar 2010, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Sonntag 14 Februar 2010, you wrote: > >> In other words, 'auto-detection' for 1.x format devices is using an > >> initrd/initramfs. > > > > which makes 1.x format useless for everybody who does not want to deal > > with initrd/initramfs. > > You make this sound like some major big deal. are you running your own > distribution? In most cases mkinitrd does the right thing when you "make > install" the kernel, and if you are doing something in the build so > complex that it needs options, you really should understand the options > and be sure you're doing what you want. > > Generally this involves preloading a module or two, and if you need it > every time you probably should have built it in, anyway. > > My opinion... I am running my own kernels - and of course everything that is needed to boot and get the basic system up is built in. Why should I make the disk drivers modules? That does not make sense. And the reason is simple: even when the system is completely fucked up, I want a kernel that is able to boot until init=/bin/bb takes over. Glück Auf Volker -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
