Re: building Rootfs

[Marek Skuczynski <mareksk@easymail.pl>]

Haller, John H (John) pisze:
>> What else is there out there for rootfs, really? A hack
>> from every embedded company there is? I'm more after
>> what people actually *use* and what is community driven
>> here, not so much opinions on what is best (which will
>> probably be the unwanted side effect of this mail
>> anyway...)
>>
>> Linus
> 
> There are three issues in building an embedded cross-filesystem:
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> 3. Getting files into the filesystem when the development
> system does not allow root access.

Couple years ago, I found a simple solution for this issue. The 
filesystem image is described in the initramfs_list file format. That is 
  easy to modify (adding new nodes, fixing paths, etc).
The final image building scenario is as follows:

cat initramfs_list | check_fs_integrity | mk<fs>image > image_file

Of course the initramfs_list file is cooked up dynamically basis on 
configuration of kernel, drivers and etc.

mareksk