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architecture.md: Update initrd placeholder
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* [Assets](#assets) * [Assets](#assets)
* [Guest kernel](#guest-kernel) * [Guest kernel](#guest-kernel)
* [Root filesystem image](#root-filesystem-image) * [Root filesystem image](#root-filesystem-image)
* [Initrd image](#initrd-image)
* [Agent](#agent) * [Agent](#agent)
* [Runtime](#runtime) * [Runtime](#runtime)
* [Configuration](#configuration) * [Configuration](#configuration)
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##### Initrd image ##### Initrd image
placeholder A compressed `cpio(1)` archive, created from a rootfs which is loaded into memory and used as part of the Linux startup process. During startup, the kernel unpacks it into a special instance of a `tmpfs` that becomes the initial root filesystem.
The only service running in the context of the initrd is the [Agent](#agent) as the init daemon. The real workload the user wishes to run is created using libcontainer, creating a container in the same manner that is done by `runc`.
## Agent ## Agent