Re: Arch specific initramdisk?

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@cobaltmicro.com>]

Hi,

> I'm trying to do kernel modifications so that initrd is supported, which
> will make installations easier.
> 
> I was a bit surprised that these weren't architecture neutral to begin
> with.  Why is this dependant on the arch? The code I've found for other
> archs is in arch/*/kernel/setup.c.
> 
> How safe is it for me to replicate the code from, say, the sparc port?  Is
> there anything I should be aware of?

The only difference between the architectures is where in memory the
initrd is being stored.  I haven't check how things work on a Sparc but
basically what we need should be at least very similar to for example
the i386 code - as far as setup.c is affected.

  Ralf