[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] fs/cpio: add option to manually specify file list

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

On Thu, 26 Oct 2017 12:16:27 -0700, Seamus Connor wrote:
> For some systems it may be desireable to have an initramfs that is
> smaller than the full root filesystem. This commit adds support for
> creating an initramfs based on a manually specified set of files. It is
> up to the user to define a sensible set of files. This file list could
> either be statically created, or it could be created as the result of a
> pre-fs hook script.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Seamus Connor <sconnor at lynx.com>

Considering the replies from both Yann and Arnout who were both not
very convinced by the approach, and Arnout's idea of using a fakeroot
script to achieve the same thing in a more flexible way, I've marked
this patch as Rejected in our patch tracking system.

Best regards,

Thomas Petazzoni
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Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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