From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758262AbYEEPCa (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2008 11:02:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754839AbYEEPCV (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2008 11:02:21 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:35723 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754780AbYEEPCV (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2008 11:02:21 -0400 Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 08:01:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Jeff Garzik cc: Jan Engelhardt , Rusty Russell , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jon Masters , Sam Ravnborg Subject: Re: changeset: Make forced module loading optional In-Reply-To: <481F1EB3.3040906@garzik.org> Message-ID: References: <200805051455.02723.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> <481F1EB3.3040906@garzik.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (LFD 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 5 May 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Most kernel hacker situations probably don't need this, but a modern distro > these days _does_ want critical-to-boot stuff in initrd like LVM bootstrap > programs, iSCSI discovery, Bluetooth userland management, etc. Right. Which is why I build the stuff into my kernel that is required, and then initrd can do whatever it damn well pleases. Linus