Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jun 1999 10:29:01 -0400 (EDT) | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers) |
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On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > David Woodhouse wrote: > > Matthew.Wilcox@genedata.com said: > > > On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 05:39:20AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > > Actually, I don't see much difference between this and an initrd on > > > > romfs. > > > The difference is that the Multiboot Standard requires that the > > > bootloader handles this whereas the kernel handles initrd & romfs.
> > You have an embedded system, which is short of RAM. You choose - you can put > > this in the bootloader where it gets dropped on booting, or you can put it in > > the kernel where it takes up non-pageable RAM all the time. I know which I'd > > choose.
> Actually, the kernel init code is dropped after kernel is booted.
romfs is/can be completely dropped after bootup?
Jeff
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