On Sun, Sep 01, 2013 at 10:11:01AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote > You don't, it is only *required* if you have a separate /usr... in fact > that is what the whole argument was about. > > At least that is my understanding of the situation now... please don't > tell me I'm wrong and there was another vote and it is now required just > to be able to use gentoo?
This is for the people who want *EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE ROOT FILE SYSTEM CODE* built as a module. Note that the Gentoo (AMD64) docs at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?full=1#book_part1_chap7say... > Don't compile the file system you use for the root filesystem as > module, otherwise your Gentoo system will not be able to mount > your partition. Using an initramfs allows you to ignore that warning. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
