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On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 07:44:41 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> > The kernel build system can also build the initramfs if you give it |
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> > the location of the config file. That way the initramfs is built for |
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> > each kernel, using the currently installed versions of the various |
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> > tools. |
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> Yes, it's a little bit easier then manually adding a new initramfs. |
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> But as I update userspace more frequently then the kernel, that would |
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> still lead to a version discrepency. |
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> I need to always remember to rebuild the initramfs when a part of |
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> userspace that sits in the initramfs is updated. An automatic option |
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> there would be usefull. |
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> If it were included into the kernel, I would need to rebuild the kernel |
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> after every update. Just redoing the initramfs is less of a waste of |
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> CPU. |
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Not really, because make is intelligent enough to no bother recompiling |
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anything for which the source has not changed. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Of all the people I've met you're certainly one of them. |
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