Is the process still the same. In that you create a ramdisk image that can be mounted, just using initramfs instead? We will be moving to 2.6.x for our next chip and currently have scripts to create a ramdisk with busybox embedded. If these cannot be used anymore, I may want to take over the patches for ramdisk from you and maintain them. Otherwise our sdk would have to change and the tools, etc. and that is not a desireable option...... IMO: Fixing something that was not broken is not a very good idea. :-) On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 20:10 -0500, Kumba wrote: > Marc Karasek wrote: > > Is this a better solution than having the ramdisk embedded? > > This is embedding the ramdisk. Only in a different way. > > > > It seems that most of the MIPS development is embedded designs and this > > could be a problem if it is not : > > > > 1) Easier > > Not exactly easier, initially. I spent near a few weeks figuring initramfs out. > The kernel is rather picky on certain things. The main point is you need > /init, and if it's a script, then the very first line must be a hashbang > (!#/bin/blah). Those two gave me headaches for awhile. Other oddities can > occur that make initramfs a bit of a pain initially. > > > > or > > 2) Faster > > Faster by what? initramfs is unique because it resides on a level above the > arches, so it tends to be a sort of universal ramdisk. SGI Origin system > couldn't use ramdisks originally because of their memory structure. They can, > however, use initramfs. I maintained patches for a time (up until ~2.6.13) that > added embedded ramdisk support back into the kernel, but now that I have > initramfs down pretty well (a tool does the grunt work for my needs, actually), > I'm not going to maintain those patches any longer. > > > --Kumba > -- Any content within this email is provided “AS IS” for informational purposes only. No contract will be formed between the parties by virtue of this email. /*********************** Marc Karasek System Lead Technical Engineer iVivity Inc. T 678-990-1550 x238 F 678-990-1551 ***********************/
