Re: [PATCH] Probe initrd header only if explicitly specified

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On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 10:34:57PM +0900, Atsushi Nemoto wrote:

> Currently init_initrd() probes initrd header at the last page of
> kernel image, but it is valid only if addinitrd was used.  If
> addinitrd was not used, the area contains garbage so probing there
> might misdetect initrd header (magic number is not strictly robust).
> 
> This patch introduces CONFIG_PROBE_INITRD_HEADER to enable this
> probing explicitly.

Applied though I think the solution isn't quite the most elegant ...

  Ralf


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