Re: compiling kernels newer than 2.6.8
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 08:52, Dale Harris wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 01:08:57PM +0100, Kai Hildebrandt elucidated:
> > It is true that debian patch the kernel sources with a cramfs patch.
> > Without that patch you won't be able to use initrd with the
> > mkinitrd *default configuration*!
>
> This is perhaps the case with 2.4 kernel. 2.6 kernels have cramfs
> included in the vanilla kernel.
I don't think it's even true with 2.4. I'm sure I've used vanilla kernels
and, despite the warning, got a working initrd. "make-kpkg --initrd..."
--
derek
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