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authorMichael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>2007-02-10 04:44:33 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-02-11 13:51:24 -0500
commit0a7b35cb18c52d651f6ed9cd59edc979200ab880 (patch)
tree0f4b9ec8296170f7144637aa05d5b58cb2f56c6c /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
parent70e840499aae90be1de542894062ad2899d23642 (diff)
[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 loader is slow. Also, it reduces the memory footprint while extracting the first boot since you don't need another copy of the fs. Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -1396,6 +1396,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
1396 in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files). 1396 in <PAGE_SIZE> units (needed only for swap files).
1397 See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt 1397 See Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
1398 1398
1399 retain_initrd [RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
1400
1399 rhash_entries= [KNL,NET] 1401 rhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
1400 Set number of hash buckets for route cache 1402 Set number of hash buckets for route cache
1401 1403