Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S968029AbWLGDg1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Dec 2006 22:36:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S968053AbWLGDg1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Dec 2006 22:36:27 -0500 Received: from ozlabs.org ([203.10.76.45]:46590 "EHLO ozlabs.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S968029AbWLGDg0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Dec 2006 22:36:26 -0500 To: "H. Peter Anvin" cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Al Viro , fastboot@lists.osdl.org From: Michael Neuling Subject: Re: [PATCH] free initrds boot option In-reply-to: <4577624A.6010008@zytor.com> References: <4410.1165450723@neuling.org> <20061206163021.f434f09b.akpm@osdl.org> <4577624A.6010008@zytor.com> Comments: In-reply-to "H. Peter Anvin" message dated "Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:37:30 -0800." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.0; nmh 1.1; GNU Emacs 21.4.1 Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:36:18 +1100 Message-ID: <13639.1165462578@neuling.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 758 Lines: 18 > I would have to agree with this; it also seems a bit odd to me to have > this at all (kexec provides a new kernel image, surely it also > provides a new initrd image???) The first boot will need to hold a copy of the in memory fs for the second boot. This image can be large (much larger than the kernel), hence we can save time when the memory loader is slow. Also, it reduces the memory footprint while extracting the first boot since you don't need another copy of the fs. New patch on it's way. Mikey - 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/