Re: [PATCH 6/7] setup.c: clean up initrd related code

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On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:54:51 +0100, Thiemo Seufer <ths@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > BTW, I'm a bit uncomfortable with current automatic initrd detection.
> > Now we have rd_start= option.  If I enabled BLK_DEV_INITRD and did
> > pass nfsroot= instead of rd_start= option, I want kernel do not search
> > initrd_header at all.
> 
> There's "noinitrd" for that purpose. Alos, one might want to use a
> built-in initrd plus nfsroot.

Yes, but "noinitrd" is checked _after_ we preserved initrd space, so
if I did not initialize initrd_header area kernel might try to
preserve initrd space based on garbage...

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Atsushi Nemoto


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