[klibc] klibc and what's the next step?

[H. Peter Anvin]

Jeff Bailey wrote:
>> Either the kernel can unconditionally invoke /kinit, which then would 
>> invoke the users /init if present, or the swsusp can be a separate 
>> initramfs binary which the user's initramfs gets to invoke (the second 
>> is arguably neater, but requires minor changes to the users initramfs.)
> 
> The Ubuntu initramfs doesn't use kinit, and it would be nice if we
> weren't forced to.  We do a number of things in our initramfs (like a
> userspace bootsplace) which we need done before most of the things kinit
> wants to do take place.
> 
> kinit is a nice default tool but longer term, I almost imagine it as a
> busybox type of setup.  Either you say "go" and it brings up the system,
> or you call it with an argument, change argv[0] or something to get just
> the functionality asked for.

Modularity is good; in general I think the busybox model of one 
overgrown binary is probably not the right idea, but it depends of 
course on the specifics of the problem.

	-hpa