On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 02:01:32AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
>
> But there's a third option, that could be offered as a non-default
> choice:
>
> 3) Compile ext4 and only the most common hard drive and SSD drivers
> into a separate and optional kernel that doesn't call an
> initramfs, but merely runs an rc file as an init. That rc file
> does nothing but get all the drives mounted and then exec the
> normal init (sysvinit).
>
> Repeating: This would be an option, not the default. It would be
> optional, not required. It would work only with ext4 and the very most
> common hardware drivers.
>
> The cost of this would be more work for the Devuan developers.
With even more work for the Devuan developers
4) Let the installer build the, depending on what the hardware and
file systems being installed actually need.
-- hendrik
> The
> benefits would be:
>
> 1) Simpler, more transparent startup for setups that qualify.
>
> 2) Very good educationally, because adding initramfs to the mix really
> complicates matters while trying to learn the rudiments of bootup.
>
> 3) Publicity. AFAIK, Devuan would be the only major distro to offer
> this option.
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