ATA as modules -> panic

[Alexander Leidinger]

On Thu, 26 May 2005 14:53:03 +0200
"Andreas Heijdendael" <andreas at heijdendael.nl> wrote:

> Why would you want to remove the ata device from the kernel config in the
> first place?

Because I don't need it twice (as a module and in the kernel itself).

> Seems to me a bit like you're removing the wheels from a car just before you
> want to get onto the road.

No, I'm loading it as a module instead.

It's more like putting everything into the trunk before I get onto the
road instead of always having everything in it. But this is a bad
metaphor too, since I don't change the hardware that much that I _have_
to remove the ata code, it's just that it is possible (at least it looks
like it should be possible) and I want to try this out.

> Shouldn't the kernel be able to access the file system in order to even
> remotely read the loader.conf file?
> Removing the ata device from the kernel would prohibit this. Correct me if
> I'm wrong there.

The loader works independent from the kernel. So removing the ata code,
or anything at all, from the kernel doesn't change the way the loader
behaves.

Bye,
Alexander.

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