Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 13:42:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 13:42:32 -0400 Received: from RAVEL.CODA.CS.CMU.EDU ([128.2.222.215]:54981 "EHLO ravel.coda.cs.cmu.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 13:42:30 -0400 Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 13:42:30 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How far has initramfs got ? Message-ID: <20020428174230.GE18102@ravel.coda.cs.cmu.edu> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <171nLP-1WyTImC@fwd09.sul.t-online.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i From: Jan Harkes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 04:00:16PM +0200, Christian Koenig wrote: > How far have the initramfs stuff got ? Is there any code yet ? > I have implementet some very very simple cpio image extraction in > init/do_mounts.c and want to know if this could be usefull to somebody. > > Should it be possible to use initramfs without the ramdisk driver compiled in? I would like to add that perhaps using tmpfs instead of ramfs would be a nice touch. As the initial ramfs would get overmounted instead of unmounted, this allows the contents of the initial fs to get swapped out instead of either taking up memory indefinitely. Also isn't tmpfs already compiled into the kernel by default to support shared memory and such? Jan - 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/