[Buildroot] [git commit master 1/1] initramfs: update help text
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at uclibc.org
Sun Jun 27 06:22:56 UTC 2010
>>>>> "Grant" == Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards at gmail.com> writes:
>> How about just using the tarball output instead?
Grant> When building an initramfs into a kernel, a tarball isn't one of the
Grant> options that's accepted by the kernel build system.
No, but you could extract the tarball (as root or using fakeroot) and
point CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE to it.
But yes, providing a way to generate the cpio archive without building a
kernel would be nicer.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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