Re: klibc (was: 2.6.18 -mm merge plans)

[Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@linuxmail.org>]

Hi.

On Wednesday 07 June 2006 14:10, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Followup to:  <200606071400.49980.ncunningham@linuxmail.org>
> By author:    Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@linuxmail.org>
> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > Sorry for coming in late. I've only just resubscribed after my move.
> >
> > Not sure who originally said this...
> >
> > > > > problems it entails.)  The initial code to have removed
> > > > > is the root-mounting code, with all the various ugly
> > > > > mutations of that (ramdisk loading, NFS root, initrd...)
> >
> > Could I get more explanation of what this means and its implications? I'm
> > thinking in particular about the implications for suspending to disk.
> > Will it imply that everyone will _have_ to have an initramfs with some
> > userspace program that sets up device nodes and so on, even if at the
> > moment all you have is root=/dev/hda1 resume2=swap:/dev/hda2?
>
> Yes.  That initramfs is embedded in the kernel image.
>
> > Along similar lines, I had been considering eventually including support
> > for putting an image in place of the initrd (for embedded).
>
> You can still override the default buildin initramfs.  Then you get
> the benefit of not carrying a bunch of code with you that can never be
> executed.

Ok. Ta. I guess I should put some time into learning this prior to 2.6.18 
then, so I can help others through the transition.

Regards,

Nigel
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