From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Subject: is it worth separating initrd from initramfs support? Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:53:26 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Sender: linux-embedded-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Embedded Linux mailing list not sure if i asked this here once upon a time but, in the current kernel, you get to select support for *both* initrd and initramfs with a single selection (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD). however, folks who have been around a while generally associate the feature INITRD with, well, an initrd image, while initramfs is something a bit newer. in the context of embedded linux, is there any value in separating these features and letting one select them individually? isn't it reasonable to think that one might need initramfs support but have absolutely no use for "initrd" support? or is that not worth worrying about? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ========================================================================