On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 10:10:34AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 02:01:32AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > But there's a third option, that could be offered as a non-default > > choice: > > > > 3) Compile ext4 and only the most common hard drive and SSD drivers > > into a separate and optional kernel that doesn't call an > > initramfs, but merely runs an rc file as an init. That rc file > > does nothing but get all the drives mounted and then exec the > > normal init (sysvinit). > > > > Repeating: This would be an option, not the default. It would be > > optional, not required. It would work only with ext4 and the very most > > common hardware drivers. > > > > The cost of this would be more work for the Devuan developers. > > With even more work for the Devuan developers > > 4) Let the installer build the, depending on what the hardware and
I meant > 4) Let the installer build the kernel, depending on what the hardware and > file systems being installed actually need. > > -- hendrik > > > The > > benefits would be: > > > > 1) Simpler, more transparent startup for setups that qualify. > > > > 2) Very good educationally, because adding initramfs to the mix really > > complicates matters while trying to learn the rudiments of bootup. > > > > 3) Publicity. AFAIK, Devuan would be the only major distro to offer > > this option. > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
