Re: [PATCH] skip initramfs check

[Rob Landley]

On Thursday 17 November 2005 08:14, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The initramfs check at populate_rootfs() can consume significant time
> (several seconds) on slow/embedded platforms, since it has to decompress
> the image.

Query: is the problem that a big initramfs image is being unpacked more than 
once, or is unpacking an empty initramfs image (134 bytes) causing a 
significant delay?

I'm fairly certain that back in 1990 I could unzip 134 bytes on my 33 mhz 386 
running dos in a fraction of a second.  What's the use case here?

Rob
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