Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263636AbTKQScU (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:32:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263638AbTKQScU (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:32:20 -0500 Received: from 64.221.211.208.ptr.us.xo.net ([64.221.211.208]:19344 "HELO mail.keyresearch.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263636AbTKQScT (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:32:19 -0500 Subject: Re: Is initramfs freed after kernel is booted? From: "Bryan O'Sullivan" To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Chris Friesen , Andrey Borzenkov , linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <3FB8ED43.2090102@pobox.com> References: <3FB8EBC2.1080800@nortelnetworks.com> <3FB8ED43.2090102@pobox.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1069093938.18905.9.camel@serpentine.internal.keyresearch.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:32:18 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 660 Lines: 17 On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 07:46, Jeff Garzik wrote: > You can't unmount rootfs. And I'm not sure pivot_root will work, though > we're quickly reaching the end of my knowledge[1]. Certainly the > equivalent of "rm -rf *" will work. The last time I checked (late 2.5.7x), pivot_root off an initramfs didn't obviously break. This isn't the same as working correctly, but nothing clearly wrong happened either.