From: Andrei Borzenkov <arvidjaar@gmail.com>
To: grub-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: "newc additions on runtime" feature?
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 20:38:57 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56ABA3B1.5030406@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <eb853cbf00c967d1c6d1f9a9ee9ae56b@shealevy.com>
29.01.2016 18:18, Shea Levy пишет:
> Hi all,
>
> Commit 92750e4c ("Add ability to generate newc additions on runtime.")
> introduced special handling of initrd names starting with "newc:". I
> can't find any documentation for this feature nor any example of it
> actually in use; what are its semantics? Is there any chance this
> functionality can be removed?
>
> I ask because I am writing a new loader for android bootimgs and have to
> bypass the normal 'initrd' command.
>
Just ignore it. It is used to build cpio archive from directory on the
fly, but you have single initrd with known size. Just allocate and
initialize initrd_ctx directly and pass it to common code.
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2016-01-29 15:18 "newc additions on runtime" feature? Shea Levy
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