boot parameter to override a built-in initramfs?

2008-02-18 Thread David Nicol
noinitrd doesn't do anything; init=/bin/sh doesn't do anything

how does one override a built-in initramfs?
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boot parameter to override a built-in initramfs?

2008-02-18 Thread David Nicol
noinitrd doesn't do anything; init=/bin/sh doesn't do anything

how does one override a built-in initramfs?
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warning with 2.6.24.2 linking

2008-02-14 Thread David Nicol
Do we care?


  AS  .tmp_kallsyms2.o
  LD  vmlinux.o
  MODPOST vmlinux.o
WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0xe51ac): Section mismatch: reference to
.init.text:pcibios_fixup_bus (between 'pci_scan_child_bus' and
'pci_scan_bus_parented')
  LD  vmlinux
  SYSMAP  System.map
  SYSMAP  .tmp_System.map


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warning with 2.6.24.2 linking

2008-02-14 Thread David Nicol
Do we care?


  AS  .tmp_kallsyms2.o
  LD  vmlinux.o
  MODPOST vmlinux.o
WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0xe51ac): Section mismatch: reference to
.init.text:pcibios_fixup_bus (between 'pci_scan_child_bus' and
'pci_scan_bus_parented')
  LD  vmlinux
  SYSMAP  System.map
  SYSMAP  .tmp_System.map


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Re: linux-next could be on mercurial

2008-02-13 Thread David Nicol
On Feb 13, 2008 3:35 PM, H. Peter Anvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David Nicol wrote:
> >   AIUI
> I believe you're utterly mistaken.

glad to hear it.  Thank you.
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linux-next could be on mercurial

2008-02-13 Thread David Nicol
due to the hg concept of rootlessness.  AIUI git is still a base/patch
kind of thing
instead of making all versions equivalent peers as hg hypes itself to do.

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linux-next could be on mercurial

2008-02-13 Thread David Nicol
due to the hg concept of rootlessness.  AIUI git is still a base/patch
kind of thing
instead of making all versions equivalent peers as hg hypes itself to do.

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Re: linux-next could be on mercurial

2008-02-13 Thread David Nicol
On Feb 13, 2008 3:35 PM, H. Peter Anvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 David Nicol wrote:
AIUI
 I believe you're utterly mistaken.

glad to hear it.  Thank you.
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OT: snow tux

2007-01-22 Thread David Nicol

http://www.cymor.com/gallery/SnowPenguin/aah
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OT: snow tux

2007-01-22 Thread David Nicol

http://www.cymor.com/gallery/SnowPenguin/aah
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Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19]

2006-12-16 Thread David Nicol

On 12/15/06, Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> blather and idiotic hogwash. "Information" doesn't want to be free, nor is
> it somethign you should fight for or necessarily even encourage.

As a pedant that is the one item I have to pick you up on Linus.
Information wants to be free, the natural efficient economic state of
information is generally free in both senses.


I have often thought that "information wants to be free" is a meaningless
phrase that tends to stop arguments because it is difficult to understand
the words in it.  Raw data does not act without agent. The universe does
tend towards increasing entropy however.  Here's a fun thought experiment:
If you burn a book do you free the words?






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Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19]

2006-12-16 Thread David Nicol

On 12/15/06, Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 blather and idiotic hogwash. Information doesn't want to be free, nor is
 it somethign you should fight for or necessarily even encourage.

As a pedant that is the one item I have to pick you up on Linus.
Information wants to be free, the natural efficient economic state of
information is generally free in both senses.


I have often thought that information wants to be free is a meaningless
phrase that tends to stop arguments because it is difficult to understand
the words in it.  Raw data does not act without agent. The universe does
tend towards increasing entropy however.  Here's a fun thought experiment:
If you burn a book do you free the words?






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minix 3 released under BSD-like license

2006-12-15 Thread David Nicol

http://www.minix3.org/

maybe this development will spur an open device driver standard, or adoption
of wrappers for the unified BSD driver standard into other frameworks


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minix 3 released under BSD-like license

2006-12-15 Thread David Nicol

http://www.minix3.org/

maybe this development will spur an open device driver standard, or adoption
of wrappers for the unified BSD driver standard into other frameworks


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