Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263622AbTKQSDR (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:03:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263637AbTKQSDR (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:03:17 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:2190 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263622AbTKQSDO (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:03:14 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:03:12 +0000 From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk To: Chris Friesen Cc: "Kevin P. Fleming" , Andrey Borzenkov , Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel Subject: Re: Is initramfs freed after kernel is booted? Message-ID: <20031117180312.GZ24159@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <3FB8EBC2.1080800@nortelnetworks.com> <3FB8ED91.3050305@backtobasicsmgmt.com> <3FB8F218.30601@nortelnetworks.com> <20031117172557.GX24159@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <3FB90A6A.4050505@nortelnetworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FB90A6A.4050505@nortelnetworks.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 768 Lines: 20 On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 12:50:34PM -0500, Chris Friesen wrote: > viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > >On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 11:06:48AM -0500, Chris Friesen wrote: > > >>Anyone know why it overmounts rather than pivots? > > >Because amount of extra code you lose that way takes more memory than > >empty roots takes. > > > >Remove whatever files you don't need and be done with that. > > How do you remove files from the old rootfs after the new one has been > mounted on top of it? You do that before ;-) - 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/