initramfs: Document "followkernel" option to initramfs #829
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@pelwell Phil, is this something you can confirm or deny? I'm not familiar with the this stuff. |
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"followkernel" is indeed a magic address (equivalant to 0), which means "load the initramfs to any address that will work". Kernel compression makes it hard to choose an address immediately after the kernel, so instead we load other components (device tree, initramfs) to a high address that is safe for the platform. Remove the work "immediately" and I'm happy with the change. |
The important "followkernel" option was not documented.
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Updated! (And included the note about '0' being the same.) |
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The important "followkernel" option was not documented.