On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:05:55 +0000 Laurent Bercot <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have yet to see a case where initramfs is really needed. Every time > I've seen a system boot on initramfs, the same goals could have been > achieved via booting on the real root filesystem and doing work during > initialization, which implies a lot less code, and is more maintainable, > and safer (if something fails early on). > You are making a very *big* assumption that the kernel can find the real root filesystem without userspace help. In cases where the kernel can't - initramfs/initmpfs is in fact very useful. -- James B <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
