Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers)

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com)
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 10:29:01 -0400 (EDT)

On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> David Woodhouse wrote:
> > Matthew.Wilcox@genedata.com said:
> > > On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 05:39:20AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > > > Actually, I don't see much difference between this and an initrd on
> > > > romfs.
> > > The difference is that the Multiboot Standard requires that the
> > > bootloader handles this whereas the kernel handles initrd & romfs.

> > You have an embedded system, which is short of RAM. You choose - you can put
> > this in the bootloader where it gets dropped on booting, or you can put it in
> > the kernel where it takes up non-pageable RAM all the time. I know which I'd
> > choose.

> Actually, the kernel init code is dropped after kernel is booted.

romfs is/can be completely dropped after bootup?

Jeff

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