On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 11:15:33AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Similarly, I'm not sure why the focus on only adding necessary tools to > the initramfs image. Surely this doesn't matter much if the tools are > harmless when unneeded? In this context I'm not sure how applicable it is; but there are many x86 platforms where the bootloader doesn't have particularly impressive I/O performance, and having to load a large initramfs before booting the kernel has a major impact on boot speed. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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