From: Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181]
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:52:22 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGfcS_kWRQckicCa6faPbS4ES_R2kN0zMLRmPwFu5ocN6EU6gA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F5FE465.3060502@gentoo.org>
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Joshua Kinard <kumba@gentoo.org> wrote:
> The trend now seems to be to modularize everything these days, even stuff
> like the core disk drivers, then build those core modules into an initramfs
> that the kernel cherrypicks from at boot. That's the perception, anyways,
> and one which I don't really get.
Well, on most distros the kernel is just another package that is the
same on every box. If you want one kernel for every PC, then it needs
to support every piece of hardware in existence. So, either it is
highly modular, or it is going to suck up a ton of RAM.
The solution is a one-size-fits-all kernel, combined with a
one-size-fits-all initramfs.
For Gentoo where people build their own kernels, it doesn't make as much sense.
Rich
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-14 0:53 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 [this message]
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
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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