Messages in this thread | | | From | Al Boldi <> | Subject | Re: patch for Documentation/initrd.txt? | Date | Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:58:40 +0300 |
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H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Al Boldi wrote: > > H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >> Al Boldi wrote: > >>> Thanks for your very useful docPatch! > >>> > >>> OT, but your docPatch made me think of another way to init the kernel; > >>> via tmpfs, i.e. initTmpFS. > >>> > >>> Can anybody see how that could be useful? > >> > >> Useful, yes, but this has turned out to be fairly complex. > > > > Sounds like somebody tried this before? > > Several people, yes.
This http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=107013630212011&w=4 looks rather trivial.
What am I missing here?
> >> tmpfs needs > >> a *LOT* more of the system to be fully operational than ramfs, and the > >> rootfs is initialized very early on, since one of its purposes is to > >> eliminate special cases. > > > > So would it be possible to remap rootfs from ramfs to tmpfs, once tmpfs > > is initialized, without actually doing another cpio? > > That sounds nasty.
I would call it an obvious hack, if it is necessary at all. Plus it's only to kickstart things.
BTW, your pxebooter is great!
Thanks!
-- Al
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