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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: Linus Walleij <linus.ml.walleij@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: building Rootfs
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:21:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080709062139.1510424304@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:53:46 +0200." <63386a3d0807081653t5e19cae2vd35c03de4bec7fa8@mail.gmail.com>

In message <63386a3d0807081653t5e19cae2vd35c03de4bec7fa8@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> >> 3. Getting files into the filesystem when the development
> >> system does not allow root access.
> 
> > 3. is a non-issue for most common file systems.
> 
> The only one thing I ever ran into trouble with was device nodes,

No, this is not a problem.

> these cannot be reproduced any way, not even with fakeroot

Most tools support a "device table", i. e. a plain text file
describing needed device nodes, owners, permissions etc., so no root
permissins are needed.

For details please see
http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/RootFileSystemOnARamdisk

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-07-09  6:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <BAY131-W252EE4B85EEB3F7A87466FE2940@phx.gbl>
     [not found] ` <4871E98F.8030802@gmail.com>
     [not found]   ` <20080707181018.GG4319@pengutronix.de>
2008-07-07 20:34     ` building Rootfs Linus Walleij
2008-07-07 21:21       ` Robert Schwebel
2008-07-09  0:14         ` Linus Walleij
2008-07-09  7:06           ` Robert Schwebel
2008-07-07 23:24       ` Haller, John H (John)
2008-07-08  6:54         ` Robert Schwebel
2008-07-08 14:00         ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-07-08 23:53           ` Linus Walleij
2008-07-09  0:52             ` David VomLehn
2008-07-09  7:10               ` Robert Schwebel
2008-07-09  6:21             ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2008-07-09  6:43             ` Robert Schwebel
2008-07-09  7:22             ` Peter Korsgaard
2008-07-09  8:22         ` Marek Skuczynski

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