Hi,
For an embedded developers perspective, Is there any other advantage of
using initramfs over initrd apart from RAMFS benefits over RAMDISK ?
Please CC me
Thanks
Amol
On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 11:40:27AM +0530, Amol wrote:
> Hi,
> For an embedded developers perspective, Is there any other advantage of
> using initramfs over initrd apart from RAMFS benefits over RAMDISK ?
The fact that both are cumulable is very handy. Basically, you put all
the common tools and filesystem bits in the initramfs, and only add modules
or add-ons in each initrd depending on your target system. Even if you work
on embedded system, as soon as there are chances that you have to deal with
several hardware models, you may be interested in supporting them with just
a small initrd difference.
Regards,
Willy