Re: Interpreting ELF file on a ramdisk (block device)

[Erik Mouw]

On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 04:40:08AM -0800, prodyut hazarika wrote:
> I get an ELF file on a ramdisk using TFTP. I want to
> interpret the ELF file in the ramdisk, and load it
> into memory (SDRAM) using the ramdisk as a block
> device, but without using any file system.

If you have the ELF file in a ramdisk, it's already in memory.

> Is this possible? Any pointers will be greatly
> appreciated.

No, a linux kernel can't work without a filesystem.

> PS: Currently I use CRAMFS to get the ELF file into
> ramdisk. Then I load the ELF file into memory using
> CRAMFS. I want to get rid of the CRAMFS on top of ELF.

Why not use the cramfs as your rootfs?

Erik

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