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authorMichael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>2007-02-10 01:44:33 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-02-11 10:51:24 -0800
commit0a7b35cb18c52d651f6ed9cd59edc979200ab880 (patch)
tree0f4b9ec8296170f7144637aa05d5b58cb2f56c6c /drivers/char
parent70e840499aae90be1de542894062ad2899d23642 (diff)
[PATCH] Add retain_initrd boot option
Add retain_initrd option to control freeing of initrd memory after extraction. By default, free memory as previously. The first boot will need to hold a copy of the in memory fs for the second boot. This image can be large (much larger than the kernel), hence we can save time when the memory loader is slow. Also, it reduces the memory footprint while extracting the first boot since you don't need another copy of the fs. Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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