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On 10/27/2019 12:12, Matt Turner wrote: |
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> On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 3:06 AM James Le Cuirot <chewi@g.o> wrote: |
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>> On Sun, 27 Oct 2019 05:38:48 -0400 |
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>> Joshua Kinard <kumba@g.o> wrote: |
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>>> Why do I not like an initramfs, though? Well, for one, it complicates the |
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>>> kernel compiles (and it makes them bigger, something which is an issue on |
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>>> the old SGI systems at times). Two, it's another layer that I have to |
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>>> maintain. Three, it violates, in my mind, the simplicity of keeping the |
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>>> kernel and userland separated (e.g., kernel does kernel-y things, userland |
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>>> does userland-y things). |
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>> You make it sound like the initramfs has to be built into the kernel |
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>> image. It can be but it usually isn't. I suspect you know that though? |
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>> Admittedly that does depend on support from your bootloader. While GRUB |
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>> and U-Boot have supported this for years, I forget what oddball |
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>> bootloaders your hardware may be using. |
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> Though he's likely not using it, GRUB2 supports all the platforms he |
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> mentioned (x86, amd64, sparc64, [sgi] mips). |
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Nope, never took to GRUB. Never bought into the selling point of "you don't |
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have to edit a config file for every kernel update". Also don't have a |
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working sparc64 box anymore, as the Blade 100 died quite a long time ago. I |
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still have a SunFire v240, but it's got a PROM release that can't netboot, |
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and the updated version that can was released 3 days after Oracle bought Sun |
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and locked SunSolve up (thanks, Oracle). Plus the thing is as loud as a jet |
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engine. |
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As far as GRUB working on SGI systems, that's news to me. ARCS is pretty |
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unique on each SGI system, so it's not like one can write a tiny bit of code |
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to cover them all. I'll have to investigate GRUB's documentation to see if |
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can deal w/ machines running ARCS, and whether it can handle IP27, IP30, and |
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even IP35. |
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Joshua Kinard |
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Gentoo/MIPS |
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kumba@g.o |
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