Pavel Machek <pavel at ucw.cz> writes: > Hi! > >> > Does this make sense? >> >> Yes, this is a sensible optimization. But I think it may be better to >> make bootloader load kernel D directly into a specified memory location. >> For example, we can add a option to "kernel" command of grub. >> >> And, I think we can do more in bootloader. Such as we can prepare >> two > > Yes, that would be nice. > > It will mean quite a bit of work, but I guess it should be the long > term goal. Loading restore kernel directly from bootloader means: > > 1) it is fast -- no need to boot another kernel > > 2) it is "classical" way of doing things > > On the other hand, we loose flexibility that way: > > 1) it locks you onto one bootloader > > 2) you no longer have userland there to do uncompression, decryption, > etc.. True although for the uncompression and decryption those aren't exactly foreign requirements for bootloaders. Eric
