Re: Bug#315298: ITP: yaird -- Yet Another mkInitRD
>>>>> "Jonas" == Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> writes:
Jonas> YAIRD is a sysfs-based initrd builder. It determines
Jonas> which modules to load based on the same algorithms as
Jonas> hotplug. Unlike Debian's stock initrd-tools, the kernel
Jonas> being booted need not support the now-deprecated devfs. .
Jonas> This version builds the newer cpio format initrds, even
Jonas> though the stock Debian configuration uses the older
Jonas> format. Thus, having cramfs compiled into the kernel is
Jonas> not necessary. YAIRD supports only kernel 2.6.
Jonas> I am in good dialogue already with upstream about the
Jonas> Debian packaging.
I was wondering when an ITP would show up for this package...
Maybe I am thinking too much in the future, but I would really like to
see yaird in Debian be able to use klibc in Debian for all the user
tools (I believe there is already an ITP for klibc).
--
Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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