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On Sun, Sep 01, 2013 at 10:11:01AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote

> You don't, it is only *required* if you have a separate /usr... in fact 
> that is what the whole argument was about.
> 
> At least that is my understanding of the situation now... please don't 
> tell me I'm wrong and there was another vote and it is now required just 
> to be able to use gentoo?

  This is for the people who want *EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE ROOT FILE
SYSTEM CODE* built as a module.  Note that the Gentoo (AMD64) docs at
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?full=1#book_part1_chap7say...
> Don't compile the file system you use for the root filesystem as
> module, otherwise your Gentoo system will not be able to mount
> your partition.

  Using an initramfs allows you to ignore that warning.

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications