Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements) | Date | 10 Jan 2002 16:15:43 -0800 |
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Followup to: <200201102155.g0ALtkA22362@snark.thyrsus.com> By author: Rob Landley <landley@trommello.org> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > Er, 'rdev' is an x86-only program, so lets not add common functionality > > to that. And I'd rather not throw something onto the end of the > > 'zImage' since I just got done removing annoying/broken things like > > that. > > You want it to be an ELF section then? >
initrd. It's already supported on all architectures; initramfs uses the same buffer-transfer architecture, which means you can use unmodified bootloaders.
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