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On Tue, August 20, 2013 12:03, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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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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True, but why recompile the kernel just to redo the initramfs? |
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As mentioned, I don't update/recompile the kernel as often. |
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"genkernel" puts the initramfs where it needs to be, kernel-make doesn't. |
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