From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hamish Moffatt Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:00:04 +1100 Subject: [Buildroot] initramfs doesn't need root to create an image In-Reply-To: <1206773941.3224.126.camel@nigel-x60> References: <1206773941.3224.126.camel@nigel-x60> Message-ID: <20080329140004.GA25949@cloud.net.au> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 06:59:01AM +0000, Nigel Kukard wrote: > Attached a patch which removes the requirement on fakeroot & makedevs > and prevents files from being created in /dev instead of devices when > one builds buildroot as a non-priv user. Why? Was there a problem with fakeroot? The ext2 and jffs2 targets both use fakeroot, although the generator tools can do privilege squashing and handle device tables themselves. Next week I need to add ubifs support, and currently the generator tool does not have device table support fwiw. Thanks, Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB