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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
Cc: "Bryan O'Sullivan" <bos@serpentine.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>,
	gkajmowi@tbaytel.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Initramfs
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:34:51 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F45490B.5000505@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030821205656.GG454@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>

viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:57:34PM -0700, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote:
> 
>>On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 12:03, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
>>wrote:
>>
>>>RTFM.  cpio -o -H newc should be used to create an archive; _not_ the
>>>"binary" format that is default.
>>
>>There is no FM to R in this regard.
> 
> Ouch.  My apologies - I'd assumed that it got into the tree and hadn't
> checked that.  Google for "initramfs buffer spec" will give the text
> I had in mind.  Probably ought to go in Documentation/*, unless hpa
> has any problems with it.  Peter?

I concur wholeheartedly.

	-hpa


  reply	other threads:[~2003-08-21 22:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-21  4:44 Initramfs Garrett Kajmowicz
2003-08-21  6:30 ` Initramfs Bryan O'Sullivan
2003-08-21 14:19   ` Initramfs Jeff Garzik
2003-08-21 18:28     ` Initramfs Bryan O'Sullivan
2003-08-21 19:03       ` Initramfs viro
2003-08-21 19:57         ` Initramfs Bryan O'Sullivan
2003-08-21 20:22           ` Initramfs Willy Tarreau
2003-08-21 20:56           ` Initramfs viro
2003-08-21 22:34             ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2003-08-21 22:31     ` Initramfs Werner Almesberger
2003-08-21 22:41       ` Initramfs Jeff Garzik
2003-08-21 23:15         ` Initramfs Werner Almesberger
2003-08-28 20:07     ` Initramfs H. Peter Anvin
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-05-25 17:41 initramfs Wakko Warner
2005-05-25 18:26 ` initramfs Lennart Sorensen
2005-05-25 18:45   ` initramfs Wakko Warner
2005-05-25 19:54     ` initramfs Wakko Warner
2005-05-25 18:54 ` initramfs Wakko Warner
2005-07-13 10:06 initramfs Jacek Jabłoński

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