On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 04:20:24 +0100 (MET) "Svetoslav Slavtchev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I wonder how they do it. > > Is there a patch for modular IDE in their kenrel ? > > It is officially broken, even in 2.4 . > > yes, they do have patches both for 2.4 & for 2.6 > > 2.6 patches uploaded > CA05-deb-modular_ide > DV20-deb-modular_vesafb > FC01-deb-cramfs_initrd I'll have a look at them, thanks :) > my changelog uploaded > CHANGES-2.6 > > my current patch tarball is uploading > linux-test9s5.tar.bz2 > > nosrc.rpm && may be rpm after successfully recompile > under the same kernel :-) > > url as always http://varna.demon.co.uk/~svetlio/cook/2.6/ Nice, why not uploading your package to contrib ? Could you please make your kernel config file available so that we can discuss a bit more about options ? > > > and if we go hacking mkinitrd, we make also add suport for cramfs > > > > > > i'll upload it shortly to the usual place :-) > done Thanks again. > > by the way, why aren't new module-init-tools updated in main ? > > because the maintainer is hiding somewhere :( Well, the packager (Chmouel) is gone, he doesn't work at MandrakeSoft anymore. The real maintener is now Andrey, but I guess he hasn't rights to upload in main. Who can volunteer ? > > I'll submit a (very small) patch for mkinitrd to add splash in 2.6 > > initrds. > > could you add cramfs support ?-) yes, no problem Should I make it an option in mkinitrd ? > but how do i find the config option ? > i could find only the atm drivers :( It's called "Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) (EXPERIMENTAL)", in "Networking options". > > > do really want to put mouse & co in initrd, > > > IMO it could be loaded if/when root is mounted > > > > How to auto detect the right module to load ? > > they could be loaded unconditionaly after root is mounted > (there might be some warnings, but nothing that could harm the system) Do you want to try to load *all* mouse and keyboard drivers at boot ? That might work, but hey, that's not so smart :) [ about console support ] > and these users will run not self compiled kernel ? > i'm not that sure :-) I'll submit a poll on irc channels :) -- Olivier Blin
