Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262872AbTHUS2M (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2003 14:28:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262874AbTHUS2M (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2003 14:28:12 -0400 Received: from 64.221.211.208.ptr.us.xo.net ([64.221.211.208]:51081 "HELO mail.keyresearch.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262872AbTHUS2M (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2003 14:28:12 -0400 Subject: Re: Initramfs From: "Bryan O'Sullivan" To: Jeff Garzik Cc: gkajmowi@tbaytel.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3F44D504.7060909@pobox.com> References: <200308210044.17876.gkajmowi@tbaytel.net> <1061447419.19503.20.camel@camp4.serpentine.com> <3F44D504.7060909@pobox.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1061490490.23060.9.camel@serpentine.internal.keyresearch.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 21 Aug 2003 11:28:10 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 642 Lines: 16 On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 07:19, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Support replacing "initrd=" with "initramfs=", so that bootloaders can > pass a cpio image into the standard initrd memory space. That would be nice to have, but it would also increase the pressure to fix the cpio unpacker. At least right now, its deficiencies don't cause many problems, because initramfs is less than convenient to use.