Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261450AbVC0Ibf (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 03:31:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261457AbVC0Ibf (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 03:31:35 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:57801 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261450AbVC0Ibd (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 03:31:33 -0500 Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:31:31 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: "H. Peter Anvin" cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: INITRAMFS: junk in compressed archive In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1111679972.5628.10.camel@FC3-bernhard-1.acousta.local> <1111762170.7238.3.camel@FC3-bernhard-1.acousta.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 654 Lines: 19 >> Is there any size-limit on initramfs image? I found out that after >> reducing the image size it is loaded & /init executed as expected... > >Kernel + compressed initramfs + uncompressed initramfs must fit in memory at >the same time. This sounds like kernel + squashfs-as-"oldstyle"-initrd is better. At least if you can live with a read-only fs on startup. Jan Engelhardt -- No TOFU for me, please. - 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/