From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964776AbVHYDOZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:14:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964777AbVHYDOZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:14:25 -0400 Received: from ylpvm29-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.57.60]:133 "EHLO ylpvm29.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964776AbVHYDOY (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:14:24 -0400 X-ORBL: [67.124.117.85] Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:14:22 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: robotti@godmail.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Initramfs and TMPFS! Message-ID: <20050825031422.GD6079@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <200508232116.j7NLG51g028312@ms-smtp-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200508232116.j7NLG51g028312@ms-smtp-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 05:16:05PM -0400, robotti@godmail.com wrote: > Also, tar should be an option instead of cpio for the archiver, > because tar is more widely used. pretty much everyone will have cpio and it's format is much simpler/cleaner to deal with if we want vastly more complex early-userspace semantics i think we need to carefully decide what is needed and how to put as much of that logic into userspace rather than hacking this much more in the kernel for fear of breaking things in subtle ways