linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/6] module, kbuild: Faster boot with custom kernel.

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Date:	Mon, 9 Mar 2009 17:12:18 +0000
From:	Will Newton <will.newton@...il.com>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Andreas Robinson <andr345@...il.com>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, sam@...nborg.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/6] module, kbuild: Faster boot with custom kernel.

On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> wrote:

>> * Don't unpack initramfs twice. If CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is
>>   set, the kernel decompresses the ramdisk just to see if
>>   it's a cpio archive or not, and then throws away the result.
>
> I actually have a patch for it stuck away somewhere; I thought it was
> sent upstream but apparently it was not. I'll dig it out and dust it
> off.

Please do. It's a big win in relative terms compared to the rest of
the boot for small systems.
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