"Adam J. Richter" wrote:
Why?
Useful for setting up things prior to init, like devfs
> What you are asking for is kernel bloat. If you thought my
> arguments against /linuxrc were becuase I did not like the name
> of the file or something like that, you completely missed the point.
Solves the questionable functions of /linuxrc by providing an alternate
Works even if you're not using initrd
> Just pass init=/sbin/preinit and then exec /sbin/init at the end of
> your "preinit" script.
Standardized way to execute things prior to init
Will not fail for lack of /dev/console (Current init= will!)
If we can agree on this idea lemme know and I'll code it up.
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