Robert, On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > not sure if i asked this here once upon a time but, in the current > kernel, you get to select support for *both* initrd and initramfs with > a single selection (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD). > > ... > > in the context of embedded linux, is there any value in separating > these features and letting one select them individually? isn't it > Makes sense to me to seperate them, especially if this reduces code size. Small kernels and initramfs's are used in memory constrained systems, we run it on FPGA SoC cores. Does disabling initrd alone reduce code size? Is the dependency on some subsystem removed (block i/o layer?) Regards, -- Leon -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
