From: Johannes Erdfelt <jerdfelt@valinux.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] initrd suport for ELI, kernel
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 21:26:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-105590678205113@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ia64-105590678205112@msgid-missing>
On Thu, Jun 01, 2000, Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> wrote:
> Here's some patches that add initrd support to ELI
> and the kernel. To use, simply add:
>
> initrd=<some file>
>
> to your eli.cfg. The ELI code that loads the kernel is
> shamelessly copied from the kernel loading code. This
> currently loads the initrd directly after the kernel.
That's alright. I've checked the code into CVS.
> Current bugs:
> - the kernel assumes the address passed to it for
> the initrd is valid. We should probably check this.
A NULL check should be sufficient. Perhaps we should add a version field
to the boot structure so the kernel knows if the boot loader supports
certain fields and should thusly use them or not?
JE
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-06-01 21:26 UTC|newest]
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2000-06-01 21:19 [Linux-ia64] initrd suport for ELI, kernel Bill Nottingham
2000-06-01 21:26 ` Johannes Erdfelt [this message]
2000-06-01 21:50 ` Bill Nottingham
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