From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: "Linh Dang" <linhd@nortelnetworks.com>
Cc: "Embedded Linux PPC list" <linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org>
Subject: Re: list of 2.6-related migration issues for embedded programmers?
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:42:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040720134221.93224C109F@atlas.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 20 Jul 2004 07:29:55 EDT." <wn5vfgi9arw.fsf@linhd-2.ca.nortel.com>
In message <wn5vfgi9arw.fsf@linhd-2.ca.nortel.com> you wrote:
>
> But you don't have to. What ever you can do with the good-old initrd
> image you can do with the new initramfs (really cpio archive)
> image. The main difference is the creation: genext2fs vs cpio.
How do I populate a initramfs with custom device nodes? Without
having root permission, I mean.
And how can I tell a Linux kernel where to find the initramfs data
when they are not linked together?
> I just happen to use zImage.initrd (where ramdisk.image.gz is a cpio
> archive) in our project because it's the most appropriate for our
> situation.
That's OK. Other projects may have different requirements, though.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-20 13:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-19 12:15 list of 2.6-related migration issues for embedded programmers? Robert P. J. Day
2004-07-19 17:32 ` Linh Dang
2004-07-19 17:51 ` Robert P. J. Day
2004-07-19 18:14 ` Linh Dang
2004-07-19 19:06 ` Robert P. J. Day
2004-07-19 20:01 ` Robert P. J. Day
2004-07-20 1:29 ` Linh Dang
2004-07-19 20:58 ` Wolfgang Denk
2004-07-19 21:34 ` Robert P. J. Day
2004-07-19 22:04 ` Wolfgang Denk
2004-07-19 22:12 ` Robert P. J. Day
2004-07-20 1:38 ` Linh Dang
2004-07-20 7:16 ` Wolfgang Denk
2004-07-20 11:29 ` Linh Dang
2004-07-20 12:32 ` Robert P. J. Day
2004-07-20 13:19 ` Linh Dang
2004-07-20 12:40 ` Mark Chambers
2004-07-20 13:42 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2004-07-20 16:07 ` Linh Dang
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