From: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com>
To: Sven Anders <anders@anduras.de>
Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: kexec kernel with embedded initrd?
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:20:31 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <494BD7DF.8080101@am.sony.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49498F24.7040000@anduras.de>
Sven Anders wrote:
> I want to boot a kernel (bzImage) with an embedded initrd (CPIO archive using
> the CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE option).
>
> Can I simply load the kernel with kexec or do I have to extract the initrd
> first and load them using the --initrd option?
>
> If I have to extract them first, is there a tool for this?
You should be able to just load the bzImage. The kernel image should know
how to then use the initramfs. I know it works for powepc64 at least.
-Geoff
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2008-12-17 23:45 kexec kernel with embedded initrd? Sven Anders
2008-12-19 17:20 ` Geoff Levand [this message]
2008-12-19 18:21 ` Sven Anders
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