From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 19 May 2001 14:05:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 19 May 2001 14:05:47 -0400 Received: from hera.cwi.nl ([192.16.191.8]:25580 "EHLO hera.cwi.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 19 May 2001 14:05:37 -0400 Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 20:05:02 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl Message-Id: To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, aaronl@vitelus.com Subject: Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code inuserspace Cc: andrewm@uow.edu.au, bcrl@redhat.com, clausen@gnu.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com, viro@math.psu.edu Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > initrd is an unnecessary pain in the ass for most people. > It had better not become mandatory. You would not notice the difference, only your kernel would be a bit smaller and the RRPART ioctl disappears. [Besides: we have lived with DOS-type partition tables for ten years, but they will not last another ten years. Very soon disk partitions will look very different. It will be good to move knowledge about these things out of the kernel before this happens.] Andries