Hi Tobi... On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 1:10 AM, Tobias Boege <tobias@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Have you read Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt? I didn't > but there are some eye-catching statements: > > 1. initramfs becomes a rootfs (l. 86) > 2. rootfs is a special instance of ramfs (l. 73) > 3. ramfs cannot be turned off (l. 29ff) > > This means that initramfs cannot be turned off. > > 4. initramfs is a gzipped cpio archive and contained within the kernel > (l. 85) and so is the cpio extractor code (l. 166f) > 5. initramfs is automatically loaded as rootfs (l. 86) Interesting catch, Tobi..... for sure sometimes I am too lazy to read the documentation. -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
