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On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>wrote: |
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> Is there any reason that the creation, use and maintenance of the |
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> initramfs couldn't be as simple as a checkbox in the kernel config, so that |
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> running 'make' after the kernel was configured would automatically build |
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> it? Then, all I'd have to do is move it into /boot along with the new |
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> kernel (just like I do now), with *nothing* else required, and the kernel |
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> would call it, and things would just work (as long as it was there and I |
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> didn't forget to copy it to /boot). |
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This exists. You can built initramfs right into the kernel. I've been doing |
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it here for quite some time. You just tell the kernel either: |
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* where to find a filespec so it knows what to include in the initramfs |
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* what directory contains everything you want in the initramfs |
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and then the kernel builds is and attaches it to itself during 'make' |
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It's actually pretty trivial |
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Douglas J Hunley (doug.hunley@×××××.com) |
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