From: Harald Hoyer <harald-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Mr Dash Four <mr.dash.four-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
Cc: initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: dracut
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:09:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CC6B6E5.50402@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CC17713.4030504-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
On 10/22/2010 01:35 PM, Mr Dash Four wrote:
> Is it possible to build dracut for system/architecture which is different from
> the host on which dracut is run?
>
> I have been looking through the various functions dracut provides (inst_binary
> in particular) and it seems that dracut picks-up dependencies/libraries/kernel
> modules and files on the host machine when building the initrd image, which to
> me indicates that the resulting initrd image is tied to the current
> kernel/architecture on which the host is run and cross-building won't be possible.
kernel/architecture, yes
Cross building for other architectures is difficult, because all the tools like
"ldd", "modprobe", etc. would have to be cross tools.
Kernel could be solved by specifying the kernel version and having that version
installed.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-26 11:09 UTC|newest]
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2010-10-19 13:54 [PATCH] 90crypt: keys on external devices support Mr Dash Four
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2010-10-19 14:19 ` Amadeusz Żołnowski
2010-10-19 14:33 ` Mr Dash Four
[not found] ` <4CBDAC3D.7050906-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-20 1:24 ` Mr Dash Four
[not found] ` <4CBE44D3.6070000-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-20 14:12 ` Amadeusz Żołnowski
2010-10-20 14:44 ` Mr Dash Four
[not found] ` <4CBF004F.9070201-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-20 15:17 ` Amadeusz Żołnowski
2010-10-20 15:37 ` Mr Dash Four
[not found] ` <4CBF0CA3.1070801-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-22 16:51 ` Amadeusz Żołnowski
2010-10-21 13:29 ` Karel Zak
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2010-10-21 13:54 ` Mr Dash Four
[not found] ` <4CC0462E.20507-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-21 15:18 ` Karel Zak
[not found] ` <20101021151802.GD22186-sHeGUpI7y9L/9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-21 15:48 ` Mr Dash Four
[not found] ` <4CC060B3.3050508-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-22 16:40 ` Amadeusz Żołnowski
2010-10-22 18:34 ` Karel Zak
2010-10-20 13:19 ` Amadeusz Żołnowski
2010-10-20 14:06 ` Mr Dash Four
[not found] ` <4CBEF768.90908-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-20 14:25 ` Amadeusz Żołnowski
2010-10-20 14:48 ` Mr Dash Four
[not found] ` <4CBF0133.2070709-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-20 15:26 ` Amadeusz Żołnowski
2010-10-20 15:39 ` Mr Dash Four
2010-10-22 11:50 ` Mr Dash Four
[not found] ` <4CC17A87.7050804-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-22 17:07 ` Amadeusz Żołnowski
2010-10-23 15:13 ` Mr Dash Four
2010-10-22 11:35 ` dracut Mr Dash Four
[not found] ` <4CC17713.4030504-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-22 17:13 ` dracut Amadeusz Żołnowski
2010-10-26 11:09 ` Harald Hoyer [this message]
[not found] ` <4CC6B6E5.50402-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-26 11:23 ` dracut Amadeusz Żołnowski
2010-10-26 11:36 ` dracut Mr Dash Four
2010-10-26 11:26 ` dracut Mr Dash Four
[not found] ` <4CC6BB02.9040901-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-29 21:40 ` dracut Mr Dash Four
2010-10-30 7:57 ` dracut Ambroz Bizjak
[not found] ` <AANLkTinO0edPay_HxUW93Dm2PpHkchxKDC1yezhV-u2K-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-30 11:18 ` dracut Mr Dash Four
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