On Sun, 3 Jan 2016 19:02:54 +0100 Didier Kryn <k...@in2p3.fr> wrote: > Le 02/01/2016 18:39, Steve Litt a écrit : > > In other words, I don't think this stuff has to be compiled into > > the kernel monolithically: It just has to be in the right > > directories on the root partition. > > Either a driver is built in the kernel or it is in a loadable > module. In the last case, the kernels looks for the module > in /lib/modules. > > Therefore, if you want to mount a disk partition, you either > need the necessary drivers and filesystem built-in the kernel or have > them in the initrd/initramfs (under /lib/modules). Having the module > on the disk won't help -- egg and chicken. > > Didier
If you didn't merge /lib and /usr/lib, you could load them from /lib once the root partition was mounted. This was my entire point. SteveT Steve Litt January 2016 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting http://www.troubleshooters.com/28 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
