[Buildroot] devtmpfs and initramfs

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On Wednesday 20 July 2011 10:57:47, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 July 2011 10:48:28, Diego Iastrubni wrote:
> > > We could, or adjust initramfs.mk to add a small shellscript as /init
> > > rather than just a symlink:
> > > 
> > > #!/bin/sh
> > > # devtmpfs does not get automounted for initramfs'es
> > > /bin/mount -t devtmpfs devtmpfs /dev
> > > exec /sbin/init $*
> > > 
> > > Unless BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_STATIC is enabled.
> > 
> > Sorry, but this solution smells just like my socks. I think wk can find a
> > better one :)
> 
>  Yeah, I also would prefer not to proliferate the number of ways that the
> init process is influenced...
> 
>  That said, the inittab solution isn't that good either.  I guess there is
> a reason why all distros have an S01mountall...


 Okay, I should have shut up and listened to the buildroot master...

 The inittab thing won't work (well) because init needs /dev to have a 
console.

 I'll see if I can produce a patch.

 Regards,
 Arnout

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