Bug#494466: [patch, RFC] Allow to select driver inclusion policy for initramfs-tools

[Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>]

* Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> [2008-08-09 19:53]:
> With the default initrd now being over 6 GB on amd64 and the fact
> that lilo has structural problems with large initrds, I think that
> implementing something like the attached patch for Lenny is almost
> unavoidable.

Nice patch.  I wouldn't change the default to dep on amd64 and i386
though:
 1) These arches are the most generic ones we support in terms of
    hardware and MODULES=most makes most sense on them (unlike on
    embedded hardware which doesn't change).
 2) The LILO bug has been fixed.

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Martin Michlmayr
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