Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760367AbZANHqT (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:46:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755115AbZANHp5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:45:57 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:40129 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755024AbZANHp4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:45:56 -0500 Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:45:42 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Alain Knaff Cc: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>, "H. Peter Anvin" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Thomas Gleixner , Al Viro Subject: Re: The policy on initramfs decompression failure Message-ID: <20090114074542.GA16274@elte.hu> References: <20090114054556.GB11153@elte.hu> <496D8A83.1040801@knaff.lu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <496D8A83.1040801@knaff.lu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1095 Lines: 29 * Alain Knaff wrote: > > Unless you use bzImage i dont think you can really appreciate this > > argument. > > Maybe that's the source of our misunderstanding. What is this bzImage? > (I suppose it's not just the kernel name/format but something more. But > what?) pure bzImages is what many kernel developers use to boot static kernel images, with drivers built in, often with no module support, etc.: $ make help | grep -i bzImage * bzImage - Compressed kernel image (arch/x86/boot/bzImage) the bzImage method never led to a panic related to a ramdisk before (unless the ramdisk was materially corrupted - which is not the case here), and should not lead to a panic afterwards either. We use panics/crashes when the kernel meets a problem that makes continuing impossible, but that is not an issue here. Ingo -- 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/