From: Kent Robotti <dwilson24@nyc.rr.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Initramfs and TMPFS!
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 06:09:28 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050826060928.GA1009@Linux.nyc.rr.com> (raw)
>I'm not subscribed, so sorry if this doesn't fall into the original
>thread. I'm curious as to why the kernel has to include the decoder -
>why you can't just run a self-extracting executable in an empty
>initramfs (with a preset capacity if needs be).
The kernel already includes gunzip for itself, so it just needs an
unarchiver (tar or cpio) which should just add a few Kb.
Every self-extracting executable would require the builtin code
to extract itself.
The kernel code to recognize and execute the self-extracting code,
would probably be the same size as an unarchiver (tar or cpio).
next reply other threads:[~2005-08-26 6:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-08-26 6:09 Kent Robotti [this message]
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2005-09-03 8:29 Initramfs and TMPFS! Chuck Ebbert
2005-08-27 8:19 Kent Robotti
2005-08-27 21:28 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-08-27 21:42 ` Lee Revell
2005-08-27 22:45 ` Kent Robotti
2005-08-27 22:42 ` David Weinehall
2005-08-27 22:57 ` Patrick McFarland
2005-08-27 23:38 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-08-27 23:41 ` Alistair John Strachan
2005-08-28 0:21 ` Patrick McFarland
2005-08-28 5:36 ` Willy Tarreau
[not found] <4Fuuy-6df-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <4FJMZ-1YX-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
2005-08-26 15:49 ` Bodo Eggert
2005-08-26 1:39 dwilson24
2005-08-26 19:06 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-08-26 20:08 ` Kent Robotti
2005-08-26 20:22 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-08-26 21:34 ` Kent Robotti
[not found] ` <20050826211231.GA957@Linux.nyc.rr.com>
[not found] ` <20050827004045.GA17686@taniwha.stupidest.org>
2005-08-27 3:21 ` Kent Robotti
2005-08-27 4:11 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-08-25 19:32 dwilson24
2005-08-25 19:05 Alan Jenkins
2005-08-26 10:37 ` Erik Mouw
2005-08-26 19:08 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-08-25 18:23 robotti
2005-08-25 18:15 robotti
2005-08-25 19:10 ` Ian Campbell
2005-08-26 10:29 ` Erik Mouw
2005-08-25 15:38 robotti
2005-08-25 16:00 ` Erik Mouw
2005-08-26 19:10 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-08-25 15:34 robotti
2005-08-25 15:54 ` Erik Mouw
2005-08-26 15:03 ` Horst von Brand
2005-08-25 4:35 robotti
2005-08-25 13:49 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-08-25 4:32 robotti
2005-08-25 13:47 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-08-24 22:41 robotti
2005-08-25 3:12 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-08-24 3:15 robotti
2005-08-23 22:05 robotti
2005-08-24 2:57 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-08-24 20:52 ` Wakko Warner
2005-08-24 20:59 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-08-23 21:16 robotti
2005-08-23 21:24 ` Olivier Galibert
2005-08-25 3:14 ` Chris Wedgwood
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