Bug 125686

Summary:	genkernel - initrd in Minix fs
Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects	Reporter:	Jonas MG <jonasmg>
Component:	genkernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Genkernel Maintainers <genkernel>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Jonas MG 2006-03-10 02:42:01 UTC

I think that initrd should be created in Minix fs.

Minix is a simple filesystem that has very low overhead for small filesystems as the init ram disk.

Else, it should be a USE flag to let build it in Minix fs.

Comment 1 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-03-10 12:46:59 UTC

Only we use initramfs for 2.6 kernels which has even less overhead as it is merely a CPIO archive... so, closing bug as INVALID. I really don't see the advantage gained for 2.4 systems, considering that 2.4 support will be getting deprecated by genkernel soon anyway...