Re: why I don't like initrd (was Re: Linux-2.1.92 - Feature Freeze)

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Sun, 5 Apr 1998 14:14:48 +0200 (MET DST)

On 4 Apr 1998, James H Cloos Jr wrote:
> Of course, replacing the BIOS w/ somethigng like SRM or Sun's
> FORTH-based util (I forget what it is called) would be even more
> fun.....

YES! Open Firmware! Also used on PPC.

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium




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