Re: initramfs programs (was [RFC] klibc requirements)
Andreas Ferber (aferber@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de)
Thu, 10 Jan 2002 01:38:56 +0100
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 05:25:07PM -0700, Tom Rini wrote:
> >
> > This could be done anyway: just replace the initramfs image built by
> > the kernel build with anotherone built from another source tree. It
> > would be helpful though if the tools were distributed both standalone
> > and included into the kernel tree.
> If the kernel is going to build an initramfs option, it also needs a way
> to be given one. The issue I'm thinking of is I know of a few platforms
> where the initramfs archive will have to be part of the 'zImage' file
> (much like they do for ramdisks now).
Append it to the zImage and let the kernel look for it there. Plus add
a tool to util-linux (or maybe an option to rdev?) to let you replace
the embedded initramfs in a {,b}zImage with a customized one.
Andreas
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