> On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Philippe Rivard wrote:
>
> > [SNIP] Not to say that the isapnp tools aren't good,
> > but they should at the very least be included in the kernel, to simplify
> > everyone's lives.
>
> Why put something that can be in userland in the kernel? My personal view
> is that the kernel should be as simple as possible and with as little
> policy as possible.
>
> How would you tell the kernel upon boot the things that it needs to know
> to initialize the pnp hardware? The microsoft way of having the kernel
> reading configuration files is not something I like the sound of.
>
This is true.. A proper distribution would have everything modularized
(including the essential drivers for the interface to the root device) and
boot using initrd and romfs.. From the initrd it could then use
isapnptools and such to config devices.. then it could load the approiate
modules and continue booting.. Later ditching the ramdisk...
Anyone not running a distribution should be able to setup the approiate
system for themselves.. :)