> On Sunday 16 November 2003 06:56, Olivier Blin wrote: > > > > > > my current patch tarball is uploading > > > linux-test9s5.tar.bz2 > > > > > > nosrc.rpm && may be rpm after successfully recompile > > > under the same kernel :-) > > > > > please keep just patches for us poor dial-upers as well :)
nosrc.rpm's will always be there and they are just the patch taball + rpm spec file ( :-) unless i add --with-nvidia switch like the --with-matrox in xfree, which will add 2-3 small patches ) > > > > 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. > > module-init-tools have been maintained by thierry. I do not know about > hotplug. > > > The real maintener is now Andrey, but I guess he hasn't rights to upload > > in main. Who can volunteer ? > > > > once more - I do not have cooker so I cannot test it on cooker so I won't > upload them to cooker. So I hope someone who can build and test them on > cooker would do it. > > > > > 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 ? > > > > I guess yes. But this is compatibility problem. It is not supported on > vanilla > kernel so you have to detect patched kernel somehow. And how are you going > to > do it? You will get a flood of "bug reports" from users who compiled their > > own kernels (vanilla ones or whatever) and cannot load initrd. > > So please make it off by default. I assume we could turn it on in kernel > post-install script. that would really be the best way > Is it really as good? Does it worth hassles? it's pretty smaller, and ext2 is getting bigger & bigger (ea/acl) > > > > > > 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 :) > > > > come on it is really just as smart as compiling all of them into kernel. > But > it will keep *boot* kernel size small making it still possible to fit on a > > floppy. i fear that without modular ide this wont be possible, and mdk92 doesn't support it for 2.4 either > Or we should officially use some higher density floppy format. Is floppy > over > 1.44 possible? > IIRC not on any hardware svetljo -- NEU FÜR ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - für Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gruß, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden unter http://www.gmx.net +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More! +++
