Re: [gentoo-user] Building an initramfs into the kernel

[Mark Knecht]

On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:09:34 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
>>>
>>>> At this point I don't know that 1) the image is actually in the
>>>> kernel, or 2) that my "init thingy" ;-) image would work, but at least
>>>> the process of putting it together is verifiable.
>>>
>>> That's why I put in all the debug stuff, so I could watch the progress of
>>> the script as it ran.
>>>
>>
>>
>> OK, I'll look at combining that part my my scripts, or just using yours, etc.
>>
>> Thanks for the help,
>> Mark
>
> Neil,
>    One more question if I might. What's the simplest way to regenerate
> the kernel when there are no kernel changes but you have changes to
> the programs that are going into the initramfs? make clean seems like
> overkill to me, and it's very slow to boot.
>
<SNIP>

Answering self: The Gentoo wiki covered this at the end:

http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Initramfs

I tried it and it seemed to work, although I've not yet successfully
booted this kernel so there may well be some issues left to deal with.

Cheers