From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ted Wood Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:10:08 -0000 Subject: [Buildroot] Getting It into Compact Flash In-Reply-To: <50CA4A8F.1050002@mind.be> References: <000901cdd883$889a6e70$99cf4b50$@co.uk> <50CA4A8F.1050002@mind.be> Message-ID: <000701cdd9da$d299b8c0$77cd2a40$@co.uk> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net > > > > For an initrd, you should use a cpio filesystem rather than ext2: > > > >- ext2 adds overhead that is completely unnecessary for a ramdisk; > > > >- if you use anything else than static device management, the devtmps > >will not be mounted automatically by the kernel; the cpio filesystem > >adds a /init script that mounts it for you. > > > > I thought this was now clearly explained in the manual, is it not? > > There is no reference to either cpio or devtmps in the manual.