On 29/01/2019 19:41, Grant Taylor wrote:
The kernel /must/ have (at least) the minimum drivers (and dependencies)
to be able to boot strap. It doesn't matter if it's boot strapping an
initramfs or otherwise.
All of these issues about lack of a driver are avoided by having the
driver statically compiled into the kernel.
I'm not sure to what extent it's true of 64-bit hardware, but one of the
big problems with non-module kernels is actually being able to load them
into the available ram ... something to do with BG's "640K should be
enough for anyone".
Cheers,
Wol