Re: Early userspace, Linux development (Re: perhaps init/ should update the reference to "change floppy")

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>]

On Sun, 9 Sep 2007, Oleg Verych wrote:

> * Sat, 8 Sep 2007 08:08:06 -0400 (EDT)
> []
> >   from init/do_mounts_rd.c:
> >
> > ...
> []
> >         if (rd_prompt)
> >                 change_floppy("root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk");
> >         create_dev("/dev/root", ROOT_DEV);
> >         create_dev("/dev/ram", MKDEV(RAMDISK_MAJOR, n));
> >         return rd_load_image("/dev/root");
> > }
> > ...
> >
> >   but isn't it a bit archaic to suggest that an explicit ramdisk will
> > be found only on a floppy?  can't one be provided on a CD or DVD?
> > just suggesting that the terminology could probably be updated.
>
> All this is userspace code, ugly, unmaintained and all that kind of
> things.
>
> == Kernel panics without userspace, do you need such kernel? ==

um ... all i asked was whether that code should be updated to reflect
more than just floppies.  i didn't foresee the can of worms here.

rday


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