Re: changeset: Make forced module loading optional

[Linus Torvalds]

On Mon, 5 May 2008, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> 
> That's not good procedure IMO. You always want to keep a known good
> (=booting) kernel, and the distro-provided one might just be that.

Yes, I've always had a known-good fallback. So I actually do duplicate the 
lines and leave unchanged versions in /etc/grub.conf for when things go 
wrong.

But my point is, I really want to change just the kernel. I don't want to 
care what the initrd does, and I don't want to build my own. It's all 
"user space" to me - and thus beneath my notice.

And the module loading bug was just that - a kernel bug. 

			Linus
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