Re: Initrd for Kernel 2.6.14

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 01:21:19PM +0100, Matthias Erich Popp wrote:
> Hallo
> 
> What is the reason for changing the default initrdfilesystem from cramfs to 
> ext2  ?

Well, i think you are confunding lot of stuff here.

ext2 was used for 2.4 kernels, while cramfs was used for 2.6 kernels, upto the
2.6.12 currently used for d-i.

the 2.6.14 and beyond kernels do not support devfs anymore, which cause
problems with initrd-tools, and thus either initramfs-tools or yaird are the
prefered tools to generate the ramdisk, and both of the switched from using
the initrd infrastructure with a cramfs or ext2 filesystem, to using the
initramfs infrastructure and filesystem ( a bit confunding that initramfs is
used for three different things here :). And furthermore, initrd-tools was an
unmaintainable mess that we are well ride of, so no regret in loosing it.

Now, what is the reason behind your question ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther