No more boot loader: Please use the kernel instead

Re:No more boot loader: Please use the kernel instead by arp242 on Monday July 08, 2024 @05:02PM (#40909657)

What's the reason it doesn't load those modules from the regular filesystem? That's what FreeBSD does, and seems to work well enough?

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Re:No more boot loader: Please use the kernel instead by ta8645 on Monday July 08, 2024 @06:29PM (#40910438)

Because there are a lot of different types of filesystems supported. And you'd have to compile them all into the kernel. Which of course you can do, that is supported by the build system today. But Distros typically prefer to keep their kernels small, and not waste the RAM that would be taken up by compiling it all into the kernel.

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Re:No more boot loader: Please use the kernel instead by mixmastamyk on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @02:03AM (#40912933)

It must already have vfat and the ESP, so why not just copy a basic set of modules to a subfolder there?

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