Hi, * Matt Sealey [2009-01-14 16:04]:
Aren't these two codebases doing EXACTLY the same thing but in different ways, here?
Some room for consolidation, I'd think.
http://lwn.net/Articles/311890/
Who else?
Gentoo, GoboLinux.. umm.. Knoppix et al. :)
Fedora? Debian? Ubuntu? Arch Linux also uses cpio.gz. Honestly, I don't care what "GobolLinux" does. I think your fs parameter whose default is ext2 is the fs type of the root file system and is automatically detected nowadays. And switching to another FS wouldn't be that difficult. You don't have to touch thousands of lines of code. But I don't see any reason to do that. Just because "Gentoo does that" doesn't convince me. One advantage of cpio.gz is that you've the tools always there. Remember: The initrd is built on customer's (read: users') systems while the installation images are only built at SUSE in a defined environment (rpm build root). Bernhard (current maintainer of 'mkinitrd') -- Bernhard Walle, SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Architecture Development "I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone." -- Bjarne Stroustrup -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help@opensuse.org