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When I used Gentoo, where you typically configure&compile the kernel yourself, I never used initramfs. This was 20yrs ago. Gentoo was really a great teacher.
by ktpsns 10mo ago
When I used Gentoo, where you typically configure&compile the kernel yourself, I never used initramfs.
This was 20yrs ago. Gentoo was really a great teacher.
- spwa4 10mo agoProblem with that was that you'd run literally every module initialization and occasionally there were some that crashed the kernel.
- piperswe 10mo agoOnly if you compiled your kernel with literally every module. If you compile your kernel with only the modules your system needs, there’s no such issue
- compsciphd 10mo agowhich then made it difficult to upgrade your hardware.
- piperswe 10mo agoWell yes, when you start customizing Gentoo it tends to make hardware changes more difficult. e.g. march=native makes CPU changes difficult, but it's still very common on Gentoo