[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 lo

Re: [PATCH] Add retain_initrd boot option

> > -#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC > > unsigned long crashk_start = (unsigned long)__va(crashk_res.start); > > unsigned long crashk_end = (unsigned long)__va(crashk_res.end); > > I'm still not seeing how using crashk_res is valid here when > CONFIG_KEXEC=n. Can you explain that, please? > You did

Re: [PATCH] Add retain_initrd boot option

Michael Neuling wrote: 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 sa

[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 lo