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From: Joshua Kinard <kumba@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem!
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:36:06 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F61F046.7030306@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F60E9C1.7050600@gentoo.org>

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On 03/14/2012 14:56, Zac Medico wrote:

> On 03/14/2012 11:36 AM, Maxim Kammerer wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 19:58, Matthew Summers
>> <quantumsummers@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>> Why is an in-kernel initramfs so bad anyway? I am baffled. Its quite
>>> nice to have a minimal recovery env in case mounting fails, etc, etc,
>>> etc.
>>
>> There is nothing bad about initramfs. I think that you are misreading
>> the arguments above.
> 
> Whatever the arguments may be, the whole discussion boils down to the
> fact that the only people who seem to have a "problem" are those that
> have a separate /usr partition and simultaneously refuse to use an
> initramfs.


I refuse to use an initramfs as this point in time because I haven't had to
use one in the past 10 years to get my Gentoo installs to boot.  Right now,
all three active Gentoo installs that I have (x86_64, Vbox, MIPS) boot
*fine* with a separate /usr and no initramfs.  That, in my opinion, is not
"broke", despite statements made to the contrary.

It only became "broke" when individuals not involved with Gentoo declared it
to be "broke", and then back it up with use-case scenarios that are really
only applicable to their distribution of choice.

I'm not saying that I'll continue to not use an initramfs, but I would like
for some Gentoo-specific reasoning to be offered as to why we have to follow
along with this change.  Constantly referring to Fedora or Freedesktop
websites for their reasoning doesn't matter to me.  I don't use Fedora nor
do I use X11 (at least the server.  I tunnel 2-5 X11 apps over SSH, however).

-- 
Joshua Kinard
Gentoo/MIPS
kumba@gentoo.org
4096R/D25D95E3 2011-03-28

"The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the future frightens us.  And
our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast, terrible in-between."

--Emperor Turhan, Centauri Republic


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-03-15 13:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 165+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-11  2:27 [gentoo-dev] newsitem: unmasking udev-181 William Hubbs
2012-03-11  2:53 ` [gentoo-dev] " Rich Freeman
2012-03-11  3:28   ` Luca Barbato
2012-03-11  3:50     ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-11  5:12       ` Luca Barbato
2012-03-11 17:33     ` William Hubbs
2012-03-11 17:35       ` Samuli Suominen
2012-03-11 18:00         ` Michał Górny
2012-03-13  1:22       ` [gentoo-dev] Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] Joshua Kinard
2012-03-13  1:37         ` Kent Fredric
2012-03-13  2:16           ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-13  2:33         ` Ian Stakenvicius
2012-03-13  3:14           ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-13  3:53             ` Robin H. Johnson
2012-03-13  5:17               ` Luca Barbato
2012-03-14  0:20                 ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14  0:52                   ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-13 13:36             ` Ian Stakenvicius
2012-03-13 10:31         ` Jeroen Roovers
2012-03-13 11:54         ` James Broadhead
2012-03-14  0:16           ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14  8:39             ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2012-03-14 12:40               ` [gentoo-dev] Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14 14:41                 ` Greg KH
2012-03-14 14:51                   ` Philip Webb
2012-03-14 15:04                     ` Greg KH
2012-03-14 15:08                       ` Ciaran McCreesh
2012-03-14 15:22                         ` Greg KH
2012-03-14 15:59                           ` Ciaran McCreesh
2012-03-14 21:00                             ` Greg KH
2012-03-14 16:28                           ` Matthew Summers
2012-03-15 13:22                             ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14 17:11                           ` Maxim Kammerer
2012-03-14 17:29                             ` Zac Medico
2012-03-14 17:58                               ` Matthew Summers
2012-03-14 18:04                                 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2012-03-14 18:36                                 ` Maxim Kammerer
2012-03-14 18:56                                   ` Zac Medico
2012-03-14 19:14                                     ` Michael Orlitzky
2012-03-14 19:26                                       ` Zac Medico
2012-03-14 19:57                                     ` David Leverton
2012-03-14 21:04                                       ` Greg KH
2012-03-14 22:14                                         ` David Leverton
2012-03-14 22:51                                           ` Greg KH
2012-03-14 23:21                                             ` David Leverton
2012-03-14 23:44                                               ` Greg KH
2012-03-14 23:58                                                 ` Richard Yao
2012-03-15  0:07                                                   ` Greg KH
2012-03-15  0:29                                                 ` David Leverton
2012-03-15 11:20                                                   ` Stelian Ionescu
2012-03-15 12:23                                                     ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-15 14:01                                                 ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14 23:47                                               ` Zac Medico
2012-03-15  0:36                                                 ` David Leverton
2012-03-15  0:45                                                   ` Zac Medico
2012-03-15  0:49                                                     ` David Leverton
2012-03-15 12:27                                                     ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-15 15:29                                                       ` Zac Medico
2012-03-15  0:58                                                   ` Richard Yao
2012-03-15  1:06                                                     ` Zac Medico
2012-03-15  1:49                                                       ` Richard Yao
2012-03-16 23:29                                                         ` Zac Medico
2012-03-16 23:29                                                         ` Zac Medico
2012-03-15 12:16                                             ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-15 12:09                                           ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14 22:39                                         ` Richard Yao
2012-03-14 22:49                                           ` Greg KH
2012-03-14 23:27                                             ` Richard Yao
2012-03-14 23:37                                               ` Greg KH
2012-03-14 23:51                                                 ` Richard Yao
2012-03-15  1:07                                                   ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-15  1:37                                                     ` Zac Medico
2012-03-15  1:44                                                     ` Richard Yao
2012-03-16  1:17                                                     ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-16  1:18                                                       ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-15  5:18                                                 ` Luca Barbato
2012-03-15  8:13                                                 ` Martin Gysel
2012-03-15 12:40                                                 ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-15 20:44                                                   ` Richard Yao
2012-03-17  7:12                                                     ` Walter Dnes
2012-03-19  5:21                                                       ` Walter Dnes
2012-03-15 12:34                                               ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-15 20:45                                                 ` Richard Yao
2012-03-15 21:49                                                   ` Maxim Kammerer
2012-03-14 20:03                                     ` Richard Yao
2012-03-14 20:55                                       ` Zac Medico
2012-03-14 21:05                                         ` Richard Yao
2012-03-15  4:10                                           ` Zac Medico
2012-03-15 12:47                                         ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-15 13:36                                     ` Joshua Kinard [this message]
2012-03-14 19:30                                 ` Jeroen Roovers
2012-03-15  5:04                                 ` Luca Barbato
2012-03-14 17:59                               ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-15  5:24                                 ` Luca Barbato
2012-03-15 12:51                                 ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14 20:12                       ` Walter Dnes
2012-03-15 11:04                       ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-15 12:30                         ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-15 13:05                           ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-15 14:42                           ` Greg KH
2012-03-15 19:04                             ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-15 19:17                               ` [gentoo-dev] /dev/serial/ (was "Let's redesign the entire filesystem!") Greg KH
2012-03-15 19:41                                 ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-15 14:41                         ` [gentoo-dev] Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! Greg KH
2012-03-16  0:47                           ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-16  2:43                             ` Greg KH
2012-03-16  3:01                               ` Richard Yao
2012-03-16 15:18                                 ` Greg KH
2012-03-16 17:00                                   ` Michael Orlitzky
     [not found]                                 ` <7c08803524244ff0808d16539b8f9926@HUBCAS2.cs.stonybrook.edu>
2012-03-16 22:41                                   ` Richard Yao
2012-03-13 14:41         ` [gentoo-dev] Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] Marc Schiffbauer
2012-03-13 23:12           ` James Broadhead
2012-03-14 12:00           ` James Cloos
2012-03-14 17:52             ` Zac Medico
2012-03-14 18:48               ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2012-03-14 20:10                 ` Kent Fredric
2012-03-15  6:33                   ` Duncan
2012-03-15 13:07                   ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-13  5:11       ` [gentoo-dev] Re: newsitem: unmasking udev-181 Luca Barbato
2012-03-14  0:13         ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14  8:03           ` Duncan
2012-03-14 12:07             ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14 18:43               ` Duncan
2012-03-14 21:13               ` Walter Dnes
2012-03-15 13:10                 ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-15 21:49                   ` Robin H. Johnson
2012-03-11  3:44   ` Dale
2012-03-11  5:48   ` Duncan
2012-03-11 11:03   ` Petteri Räty
2012-03-11 15:33     ` Zac Medico
2012-03-11 21:28       ` Petteri Räty
2012-03-11 21:43         ` William Hubbs
2012-03-11 21:48           ` Petteri Räty
2012-03-11 23:15             ` William Hubbs
2012-03-12 12:37               ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-12 17:01                 ` Matthias Hanft
2012-03-12 19:32                   ` Robin H. Johnson
2012-03-13 14:34               ` Petteri Räty
2012-03-11 22:57   ` Robin H. Johnson
2012-03-13  8:43   ` Walter Dnes
2012-03-13  9:14     ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-14  0:29       ` Joshua Kinard
2012-03-14  0:36         ` Stelian Ionescu
2012-03-14  1:04         ` Maxim Kammerer
2012-03-14  1:14         ` Robin H. Johnson
2012-03-14 13:02         ` Rich Freeman
2012-03-13 10:32     ` Robin H. Johnson
2012-03-11  6:49 ` Ryan Hill
2012-03-11 21:08   ` Robin H. Johnson
2012-03-11 23:03     ` Duncan
2012-03-11 23:14       ` Robin H. Johnson
2012-03-12  9:02         ` Duncan
2012-03-12 14:09     ` Marc Schiffbauer
2012-03-12 19:41       ` Robin H. Johnson
2012-03-13  2:06     ` Ryan Hill
2012-03-12 18:34   ` Sven Vermeulen
2012-03-13  2:04     ` Ryan Hill
2012-03-11  8:06 ` [gentoo-dev] " Neil Bothwick
2012-03-11  8:41   ` Michał Górny
2012-03-11  9:36     ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-11 10:43       ` Michał Górny
2012-03-11 17:26 ` William Hubbs
2012-03-11 18:08   ` Ulrich Mueller
2012-03-11 23:09   ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2012-03-12 20:50   ` [gentoo-dev] " Robin H. Johnson

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