From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:23:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.ivivity.com ([64.238.111.98]:15459 "EHLO thoth.ivivity.com") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S8133500AbWAQQX2 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:23:28 +0000 Received: from 192.168.1.162 ([192.168.1.162]) by thoth.ivivity.com ([192.168.1.9]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:26:57 +0000 Received: from MCK_Linux_NB by mail.ivivity.com; 17 Jan 2006 11:27:00 -0500 Subject: Re: how to emdedded ramdisk.gz in vmlinux for linux-2.6.14? From: Marc Karasek To: Kumba Cc: linux-mips , zhuzhenhua In-Reply-To: <43CC39A0.8080704@gentoo.org> References: <0F31272A2BCBBE4FA01344C6E69DBF501EAB1B@thoth.ivivity.com> <43CC39A0.8080704@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 11:27:00 -0500 Message-Id: <1137515220.11738.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-4) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 9942 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: marckarasek@ivivity.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips Is this a better solution than having the ramdisk embedded? It seems that most of the MIPS development is embedded designs and this could be a problem if it is not : 1) Easier or 2) Faster On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 19:26 -0500, Kumba wrote: > Marc Karasek wrote: > > Look under arch/mips/ramdisk (I think). This is where you should put the ramdisk.gz image and the compiler will pick it up and put it into the vmlinux image for you. > > Embedded Ramdisk support in 2.6 is deprecated and removed from the tree for > kernels >=2.6.10. You need to use initramfs now to get an embedded userland to > work. > > > --Kumba > -- Any content within this email is provided “AS IS” for informational purposes only. No contract will be formed between the parties by virtue of this email. /*********************** Marc Karasek System Lead Technical Engineer iVivity Inc. T 678-990-1550 x238 F 678-990-1551 ***********************/