Re: Kernel-package, fix version 2 ...
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On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 13:41:32 +0200
Erik van Konijnenburg <ekonijn@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Perhaps we can simplify this further:
> * have list of alteratives built into the kernel installer,
> * allow ramdisk= in an /etc file to override this,
> * run them all,
> * and the first one that has exit status 0 and a non-empty image as
> output wins.
>
> The nice bit about this is that it should survive with odd version
> requirements like: initrd-tools works for 2.6.12, but not in
> combination with lvm.
>
> The only requirement is that generators do not lie about success in
> their exit status, but no flags are needed.
This works for yaird probing hardware at build time, but not tools like
mkinitramfs generating a (more or less) global ramdisk image.
- Jonas
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