Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 7 Jul 2001 18:01:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 7 Jul 2001 18:00:51 -0400 Received: from fenrus.demon.co.uk ([158.152.228.152]:14295 "EHLO amadeus.home.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 7 Jul 2001 18:00:39 -0400 Message-Id: Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 23:00:35 +0100 (BST) From: arjan@fenrus.demon.nl To: lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk (Jamie Lokier) Subject: Re: [Acpi] Re: ACPI fundamental locking problems cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20010707235329.A10256@pcep-jamie.cern.ch> X-Newsgroups: fenrus.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.5.8-20010221 ("Blue Water") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.3-6.0.1 (i586)) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <20010707235329.A10256@pcep-jamie.cern.ch> you wrote: >> Would it be possible to use a cramfs image in vmlinux (i.e. real >> filesystem image, not an in-kernel-structures fs like ramfs), and map >> it directly from the kernel image (it would have to be suitably aligned, >> of course)? > Yes that would work, and it would work on machines with less RAM too. > You would want to remove the cramfs filesystem code when you're done though. Until you pxe-boot your kernel over the network........ - 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/