From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:23:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rwcrmhc14.comcast.net ([216.148.227.154]:7103 "EHLO rwcrmhc12.comcast.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S8133496AbWAQAWo (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:22:44 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.4] (pcp04414054pcs.nrockv01.md.comcast.net[69.140.185.48]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc14) with ESMTP id <2006011700261101400237g6e>; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:26:12 +0000 Message-ID: <43CC39A0.8080704@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:26:08 -0500 From: Kumba User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-mips CC: zhuzhenhua Subject: Re: how to emdedded ramdisk.gz in vmlinux for linux-2.6.14? References: <0F31272A2BCBBE4FA01344C6E69DBF501EAB1B@thoth.ivivity.com> In-Reply-To: <0F31272A2BCBBE4FA01344C6E69DBF501EAB1B@thoth.ivivity.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 9910 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: kumba@gentoo.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips Marc Karasek wrote: > Look under arch/mips/ramdisk (I think). This is where you should put the ramdisk.gz image and the compiler will pick it up and put it into the vmlinux image for you. Embedded Ramdisk support in 2.6 is deprecated and removed from the tree for kernels >=2.6.10. You need to use initramfs now to get an embedded userland to work. --Kumba -- Gentoo/MIPS Team Lead Gentoo Foundation Board of Trustees "Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere." --Elrond