Re:Frood, an Alpine Initramfs NAS
by yjftsjthsd-h on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @12:05AM
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> My understanding is if you compile the essential drivers you need for boot in the kernel (not as modules), then you don't need the initramfs step.
Correct. When I ran Funtoo I did that so I can tell you it works.
> Should result in faster boot.
Possibly, but you should test. I expect it to work so long as you only bake in drivers needed for boot; if you include more then it could theoretically slow things down vs lazy-loading later.
Correct. When I ran Funtoo I did that so I can tell you it works.
> Should result in faster boot.
Possibly, but you should test. I expect it to work so long as you only bake in drivers needed for boot; if you include more then it could theoretically slow things down vs lazy-loading later.