[klibc] klibc-1.5 released
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Wed Mar 7 08:31:32 PST 2007
Chris Smith wrote:
> > Isn't the initramfs shell one such argument? Getting a shell on boot
> > failure is a major improvement over a panic message...
> >
>
> This doesn't seem to be that strong of a demand, as far as I can tell :(
>
>
> People who are happy with a distro may lack interest, but the DIY
> community, and kernel hacker aspirants like me would enjoy any improved
> support for setting up the initramfs.
> Initramfs support is a little more clear with the uClibc/busybox
> approach, btw.
True, but the size grows quickly, in a way that is generally
unacceptable for embedded use.
-hpa
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