[syslinux] Problem with 90MB Initrd

[Patrick Masotta]

>>>> <<< Please correct me if I'm wrong: Supporting multiple open files
> could've been done mapping the "whole" file in memory w/o requiring
> multiple in-progress TFTP transfers right? >>> 
 
The following comments will be dismissed (or ignored) by some readers 
(or even by many of them), with qualifiers such as "irrelevant" (or 
possibly worse).

One of the characteristics of Syslinux that is valued by common users 
is its simplicity (yet still powerful) in the configuration syntax.

One other characteristic of Syslinux that has been appreciated by 
common users during the last couple of decades (or so) is low 
requirements. For storage devices, the needed space has been climbing 
up since version 5; yet the minimal RAM requirements are still around 
the tens-of-KiB in order of magnitude.

Considering that I am not a developer, when I read things like 'mapping 
the "whole" file in memory' I fear that the minimal RAM requirements 
could be (eventually) disregarded (too). I hope for RAM requirements to 
be always kept as minimal as possible, around the same order of 
magnitude as they have been for years. Or at least, always empower the 
user with options.

Regards,
Ady.


<<<
Your concern is valid;We are talking here about configuration files; they are usually pretty small.I consider at the end, the assembled conf file (after adding all the included files)it is roughly the sum of all the conf files. Then having each conf files fully
"mapped" before the corresponding editing process should not change 
the final memory requirement by much.
Best,Patrick