From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Korsgaard Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:23:54 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] fs/initramfs: refactor with fs/cpio In-Reply-To: <1315343769-530-2-git-send-email-arnout@mind.be> (Arnout Vandecappelle's message of "Tue, 6 Sep 2011 23:16:09 +0200") References: <1315343769-530-1-git-send-email-arnout@mind.be> <1315343769-530-2-git-send-email-arnout@mind.be> Message-ID: <87k48tvfv9.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net >>>>> "Arnout" == Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) writes: Arnout> From: "Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)" Arnout> An initramfs is in fact the same as a cpio archive, but embedded in Arnout> the kernel. So instead of duplicating the cpio infrastructure, Arnout> we can simply build images/rootfs.cpio and link that into the Arnout> kernel. Committed, thanks. -- Bye, Peter Korsgaard