[Buildroot] [git commit master 1/1] initramfs: update help text
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at uclibc.org
Sun Jun 27 20:08:19 UTC 2010
>>>>> "Grant" == Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards at gmail.com> writes:
>> No, but you could extract the tarball (as root or using fakeroot) and
>> point CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE to it.
Grant> An extracted tarball isn't one of the options either.
Grant> CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE can be pointed at either a cpio archive or the
Grant> source file list.
No? I haven't used initramfs in years, but I'm pretty sure you can
simply point CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE at a directory to make it use that.
The help text and documentation seems to agree with me:
config INITRAMFS_SOURCE
string "Initramfs source file(s)"
default ""
help
This can be either a single cpio archive with a .cpio suffix or a
space-separated list of directories and files for building the
initramfs image. A cpio archive should contain a filesystem archive
to be used as an initramfs image. Directories should contain a
filesystem layout to be included in the initramfs image. Files
should contain entries according to the format described by the
"usr/gen_init_cpio" program in the kernel tree.
When multiple directories and files are specified then the
initramfs image will be the aggregate of all of them.
Grant> It works fine the way it is. What's the reason for disabling the
Grant> buildign of a cpio file source list?
Is there any advantage to using a source file for gen_init_cpio instead
of just building a cpio archive?
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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