Hi,

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 05:27:12PM +0800, Da Zheng wrote:
> On 10-6-14 ??????3:00, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net wrote:

> > Also, having the initrd implementation in a userspace process will
> > require some changes in the bootstrap process... OTOH, these will be
> > necessary for userspace drivers anyways.

> If we have initrd implemented, isn't it enough just to put the
> userspace driver in the initrd image?

I hope we can avoid that, see

   http://tri-ceps.blogspot.com/2008/03/case-against-initrd.html

(I have written down some additional thoughts on this in my thesis
report.)

The initrd support we are talking about here is *only* for the
Debian-Installer -- not because we consider it a superior solution, but
simply to keep the changes minimal...

-antrik-

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