From: ngwilliams@gmail.com (Nathan Williams)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: want to clarify a couple things about initramfs
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 11:05:34 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1466384734.4297.15.camel@linux> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.20.1606190943310.7465@localhost.localdomain>
On Sun, 2016-06-19 at 09:55 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> is all that still accurate? again, i'm sure i can confirm that once
> i start digging through the code. in my case, i don't think i'll need
> an external initramfs if i can cram everything i need into the one
> embedded in the kernel.
Hi Robert,
Yes I believe the documentation is still accurate. An initramfs image
can either be linked into the kernel image, or passed to the kernel by
the bootloader (e.g. U-Boot)
I use Buildroot to build a kernel with an embedded rootfs that has all
the tools I need for testing an embedded system. I've also used
Buildroot to make a cpio archive of the root filesystem and used that as
an external initramfs.
Nathan
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2016-06-19 13:55 want to clarify a couple things about initramfs Robert P. J. Day
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