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Kernel includes the initramfs, since it is overhead that occurs before userspace.

== Work Items ==

 * Kernel start time is a little over 1.5s, while Moblin's kernel is less than 1s, even though Moblin's kernel builds in many drivers
   * Investigate patches that moblin may have (AndyWhitcroft)
   * Make the populate_rootfs() call happen in parallel with the rest of the kernel startup (AndyWhitcroft)
 * i915 drm driver takes 1.5s to init on its own
   * Investigate patches that moblin may have (AndyWhitcroft)
   * and remove need to load i915 from the initramfs (ScottJamesRemnant)
 * Clean up initramfs console setting (ScottJamesRemnant)
 * Clean up initramfs filesystem mounting to avoid reprobing (ScottJamesRemnant)