From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S7cSk-0001IR-U2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:53:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 84B83E0C53; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:52:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59BF3E0866 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:52:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkwj4 with SMTP id j4so1053985bkw.40 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:52:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ahpdh5C5CYdxWyH2hlW4UTlhkbcVAkRSu1VjU7sCQ2w=; b=t9d11n84qWw7/wmwW92HX9ttCtckywdr+EuGe0LDEht5eHuf0dfo3Cb3I8IZ1NjmLt XhMPQQr7GInOglLxutXabgJh45YflY3JfKDs1LLOjf7FW1f37eRURaGoHUjsLn5apmHg P3CphenboKAI4uJNUpN5nrzvZYQmLVLLNz3aUnqHD5ysqVvDrlbgkuKh+VqYhtHXgXQh TVThEQiZsrKvHqROKoVPo3i3U9CUo0qCjW1suFBvBJUPQX182j6FaiwCV/x0qSc4VMa4 7zB853mZgeUDeO61bn4CKT2zcm55U/PfNMJra2NbNR9Pow8Nt13ygzLlprrUzJsfXcU0 AMMQ== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.156.65 with SMTP id v1mr189961bkw.109.1331686342357; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:52:22 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.205.32.194 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:52:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4F5FE465.3060502@gentoo.org> References: <20120311022706.GA26296@linux1> <4F5C1BE9.3040609@gentoo.org> <20120311173355.GB6599@linux1> <4F5EA152.80604@gentoo.org> <1F113AE5-F916-4F24-A4A3-5C142CC77438@gentoo.org> <4F5EBB8F.5080601@gentoo.org> <4F5ED879.2040001@gentoo.org> <4F5FE465.3060502@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:52:22 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: sPVwCSVpntWG6C-y2M_8lonsa_0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 585225f9-61fa-4720-b030-3ab2071b339a X-Archives-Hash: 0450f9d6a298d1ae0ea4030afa22f8c8 On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Joshua Kinard 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 initram= fs > that the kernel cherrypicks from at boot. =A0That's the perception, anywa= ys, > 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 se= nse. Rich