Revert "busybox: remove SYSTEM-to-RAM support, it dont improves much"

This reverts commit 2839726b0e14d9b99fc51a12f3b175546137d6ce.

packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk

@@ -232,6 +232,10 @@ makeinstall_init() {
     touch $INSTALL/etc/fstab
     ln -sf /proc/self/mounts $INSTALL/etc/mtab
 
+    if [ -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/initramfs/initramfs.conf ]; then
+      cp $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/initramfs/initramfs.conf $INSTALL/etc
+    fi
+
   cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/init $INSTALL
   chmod 755 $INSTALL/init
 }

packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/init

@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@
   NBD_DEVS="0"
   FLASH_FREE_MIN="5"
 
+  INSTALLED_MEMORY=`cat /proc/meminfo | grep 'MemTotal:' | awk '{print $2}'`
+  SYSTEM_TORAM_LIMIT=1024000
+
+  # load any configuration
+  if [ -f "/etc/initramfs.conf" ]; then
+    . /etc/initramfs.conf
+  fi
+
   # hide kernel log messages on console
   echo '1 4 1 7' > /proc/sys/kernel/printk
 
@@ -116,6 +124,9 @@
       nosplash)
         SPLASH=no
         ;;
+      noram)
+        SYSTEM_TORAM=no
+        ;;
       overlay)
         OVERLAY=yes
         ;;
@@ -592,7 +603,13 @@
   prepare_sysroot() {
     progress "Preparing system"
 
-    mount_part "/flash/$IMAGE_SYSTEM" "/sysroot" "ro,loop"
+    if [ "$SYSTEM_TORAM" = "no" -o "$INSTALLED_MEMORY" -lt "$SYSTEM_TORAM_LIMIT" ]; then
+      mount_part "/flash/$IMAGE_SYSTEM" "/sysroot" "ro,loop"
+    else
+      cp /flash/$IMAGE_SYSTEM /dev/$IMAGE_SYSTEM
+      mount_part "/dev/$IMAGE_SYSTEM" "/sysroot" "ro,loop"
+    fi
+
     mount --move /flash /sysroot/flash
 
     if [ -n "$disk" ]; then

projects/RPi/initramfs/initramfs.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# min size to support System to RAM
+# default for RaspberryPi we set to 356MB (256MB + appr. image size (100MB) )
+# to be sure we have at least 256MB free
+  SYSTEM_TORAM_LIMIT=364544