From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: "Robert P. J. Day" Cc: Linh Dang , Embedded Linux PPC list Subject: Re: list of 2.6-related migration issues for embedded programmers? From: Wolfgang Denk Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 19 Jul 2004 13:51:57 EDT." Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:58:30 +0200 Message-Id: <20040719205835.AA851C109F@atlas.denx.de> Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: In message you wrote: > > > initramfs is convenient. you don't need root access nor special tools > > to create the root-fs. it very easy when you want to > > version-controlled you root-fs. > > ah, that would be convenient since, as it is, i'm using a hacked > version of "genext2fs" that allows me to create the initial root fs as > a regular user. i *definitely* have to look into initramfs, then. What do you mean with "hacked"? Standard "genext2fs" will do this just fine. And as usual, there is two sides to initramfs. It may be convenient for some cases, where you can use the very same root filesystem image bundled with the kernel image, but exactly thsi convenience may hurt you in other cases where it's much better when you have separated images which can be updated independently of each other. Speaking for myself: I don't see advantages in it. None. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd@denx.de I used to be indecisive, now I'm not sure. ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/