linux-kernel - Re: large initramfs causes h/w reset after decompressing

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Message-Id: <201107141635.07673.jzb2@aexorsyst.com>
Date:	Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:35:07 -0700
From:	"John Z. Bohach" <jzb2@...orsyst.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: large initramfs causes h/w reset after decompressing

> > But excuse my ignorance, I don't see the relevance of your
> > question...the initramfs is part of the kernel itself...I simply
> > load the kernel bzImage (all 890 MB) and that's where its all
> > at...this is _not_ an initrd.
>
> Ah, interesting.  You didn't say that.  That does change some
> things... I would not at all be surprised if the kernel decompressor
> doesn't handle that very well...
>

Sorry, I thought initramfs would be clear on its own that its not 
initrd, but I guess some people do use it interchangeably.  Anyway, I 
have some experience in programming, so is there anything you could 
suggest that I might tweak to test your theory on the decompressor?  Or 
would this be more of a kernel VM allocator issue?  Also, would 
ramdisk_size have any bearing on this?

--john

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