On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:14:02 +0100 Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > #343427: linux-image-2.6.14-2-powerpc: Installation fails > #345067: [powerpc] ide-generic is not built on powerpc, yaird tries > to include it and fails Both relate to ide-generic. Difference between yaird and initramfs-tools in regards to this issue is that yaird has builtin probing while initramfs-tools rely on udev for extracting kernels own logic and/or implement workarounds. So the maintainer of initramfs-tools is right in not having any hanging bugreports about ide-generic (they should be pushed either to udev or linux-2.6) while yaird do not have such luxury. If I remember correctly then the maintainer of udev has been quite sceptical about implementing workarounds for the ide-generic problem (rather than considering it a kernel bug) too. I am still interested in opinions from _other_ members of the kernel team: Is it decided to decided to ditch yaird due to my irresponsible or non-cooperative behaviour (which I claim is related to the problematic ide-generic issue), or do you have different opinions on how ramdisk generators should be picked for the official kernels? Yes, I am perfectly aware that not all is in favor of yaird, but the reasoning behind choosing one over the other - or what is considered fair ground for fair a competition between them. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm
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