On Jan 15, 2007, at 1:54 PM, Andrew Walrond wrote:
Olaf Hering wrote:
Why do you need /sbin/hotplug anyway, just for firmware loading for a
non-modular kernel?
I guess this is unusual, but FWIW...
I have a custom distro and I was just looking for the easiest way
to create a bootable rescue pen-drive. So I just took a working
distro, added an init->sbin/init symlink, cpio'ed it into an
initramfs, and booted it up. Works a treat, except for the early
hotplug calls.
I have a kernel that needs to have early hotplug calls to load
firmware. I just rolled my own simple hotplug scripts to only address
that issue and have not had a problem since. The mdev in busybox that
is in the gentoo initramfs didn't seem to be able to handle it, so I
just made my own scripts. In my case I needed QLogic firmware so root
could be on FC.
FWIW, it is a real PITA to not be able to build a monolithic kernel
that can bring up root on its own. I will stipulate that I am an old-
school guy that likes monolithic kernels, but I do feel that
something has been lost. Yes, I am aware of the reasons for the
change, else I would have written something when I was fighting the
battle, but I still don't have to like it.
--
Mark Rustad, [email protected]
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