Re: Yocto with Initial RamFS

[Brian Smucker <bds@bsmucker.eu.org>]

Hi,

Was wondering why this has not been answered.  Maybe it is too dumb of a 
question? If so, let me know or point me to some documentation.

Thanks.

Brian

On 5/23/2014 11:37 AM, Brian Smucker wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have an initial ramfs image that I want to convert to Yocto. That is 
> in addition to the main yocto-based custom distro.
>
> The initial ram fs is a tiny image based on uclibc (poky-tiny) and 
> having busybox and two other compiled apps.  The main file system is 
> eglibc-based.
>
> How is this sort of thing typically done in the Yocto world? Since the 
> toolchain is totally different for the initial ramfs, do I need to 
> have another distro and totally different directory for creating the 
> initialramfs, giving two different distros and yocto directories?  Or 
> can I somehow do it under the umbrella of one Yocto distro?
>
> I would like some feedback on how this should be done.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian