Re: Initramfs and TMPFS!

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> On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 12:32:50AM -0400, [email protected] wrote: 
> > Right, but it would be nice to have that option if initramfs 
> > using tmpfs becomes part of the kernel. 
> 
> But it's not needed so why add bloat? 

I'm not subscribed, so sorry if this doesn't fall into the original
thread.  I'm curious as to why the kernel has to include the decoder -
why you can't just run a self-extracting executable in an empty
initramfs (with a preset capacity if needs be).
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