Re: 2.6.10-rc1 initramfs busted [u]

From: Martin Schlemmer [c] (azarah_at_nosferatu.za.org)
Date: 10/23/04

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    To: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Sat, 23 Oct 2004 14:42:08 +0200

    On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 13:31 +0100, Russell King wrote:
    > A build using O= does this:
    >
    > HOSTCC usr/gen_init_cpio
    > GEN_INITRAMFS_LIST usr/initramfs_list
    > Using shipped usr/initramfs_list
    > CPIO usr/initramfs_data.cpio
    > ERROR: unable to open 'usr/initramfs_list': No such file or directory
    >
    > Usage:
    > ./usr/gen_init_cpio <cpio_list>
    >
    > <cpio_list> is a file containing newline separated entries that
    > describe the files to be included in the initramfs archive:
    >
    > The source tree contains this in usr:
    >
    > -rw-r--r-- 1 rmk rmk 1657 Oct 23 11:41 Makefile
    > -rw-r--r-- 1 rmk rmk 8335 Oct 23 11:41 gen_init_cpio.c
    > -rw-r--r-- 1 rmk rmk 1024 Aug 1 2003 initramfs_data.S
    > -rw-r--r-- 1 rmk rmk 146 Oct 23 11:41 initramfs_list
    >
    > and the build tree usr contains:
    >
    > -rwxr-xr-x 1 rmk rmk 10834 Oct 23 13:29 gen_init_cpio
    > -rw-r--r-- 1 rmk rmk 0 Oct 23 13:29 initramfs_data.cpio
    >
    > Running with V=1 shows:
    >
    > make -f /home/rmk/build/linux-v2.6-local/scripts/Makefile.build obj=usr
    > echo Using shipped usr/initramfs_list
    > Using shipped usr/initramfs_list
    > ./usr/gen_init_cpio usr/initramfs_list > usr/initramfs_data.cpio
    > ERROR: unable to open 'usr/initramfs_list': No such file or directory
    >
    > so it's referencing the wrong directory.
    >

    Yep. Please see the

     [PATCH 2.6.9-bk7] Select cpio_list or source directory for initramfs image updates

    thread for latest patch to fix this and other issues. There are some
    other patches floating around that is slightly smaller, but I would
    appreciate testing and feedback.

    Cheers, 

    -- 
Martin Schlemmer

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