On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 07:08:34PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> 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
^^^
non-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.
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