Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:56:43 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] skip initramfs check |
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Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com> wrote: > > The initramfs check at populate_rootfs() can consume significant time > (several seconds) on slow/embedded platforms, since it has to decompress > the image. > > Add an option to skip it under CONFIG_EMBEDDED. > > Is there a nicer way to achieve the same result?
I'd have thought that a __setup option would be preferable? Remove an ifdef, more flexible, and it's all __init code anyway. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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