Re: changeset: Make forced module loading optional

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>]

On Mon, 5 May 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> Right. Which is why I build the stuff into my kernel that is required, and 
> then initrd can do whatever it damn well pleases.

Btw, I realize that a distro *can* make an initrd that only works with 
their own kernel. I personally suspect I'll just switch distros if that 
happens - I'm already irritated enough with startup scripts etc that 
complain about "/proc/modules: No such file or directory" for stuff that 
is already compiled in because they want to check if it's loaded.

But quite frankly, the distro really shouldn't need to make their startup 
scripts (whether on initrd or just the regular /etc/rc.d/ ones) so 
fragile. And quite frankly, I don't understand why people seem to use a 
kernel *BUG* as an excuse to say that I shouldn't do what I have always 
done - replace just the kernel.

				Linus