From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FC001381FB for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:26:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 48F6C21C035; Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:26:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-f171.google.com (mail-qc0-f171.google.com [209.85.216.171]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 729E421C013 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:24:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f171.google.com with SMTP id d1so5206768qca.16 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:24:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=TyX6eg78dJCbz9EWghuMtrgrfuGBaEsDbEnlPib2mnQ=; b=M+4FIkRoJJ4eq9tyxWu6NtRT3vHDU2yE6PRfxx4/b9p+av4tYvh5EGRJfOdlybpIGp PDcTKwIKpGiAFwk3BHkN/7YwbL7R/HT8tEmLRn1Ygil1xTtWlN9gVHwyW8AuQE1Jy6by Nb5IOEHazi5+14z6NXyMROwSfFmXiH+PmVKJiz1jN0TM/vPvwEJKOc3efaZwRovPWzBB qqlGqpgYcE4rZ2eYqKkSsudRt3J0DmxaUZVX0zXasFHeVd2Dfi846cpn5iWsoTM8dy84 Fkexvx++6GWIB2O2LSFSQ+GsTekMLJjCWG5LnsubIFkYNEy16wceieRTfZLZue3/ZG0E zYwA== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.77.148 with SMTP id g20mr3611050qck.120.1356650658603; Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:24:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.186.132 with HTTP; Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:24:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20121226170926.6a67f4a9@digimed.co.uk> <20121226230351.2891bf5e@digimed.co.uk> Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:24:18 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Building an initramfs into the kernel From: Mark Knecht To: Gentoo User Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 0db1fca4-a15f-4fea-9f19-b2d3f7a9900d X-Archives-Hash: d60c02df00fe11cb0618bcf3064fd78d On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:09:34 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: >>> >>>> At this point I don't know that 1) the image is actually in the >>>> kernel, or 2) that my "init thingy" ;-) image would work, but at least >>>> the process of putting it together is verifiable. >>> >>> That's why I put in all the debug stuff, so I could watch the progress of >>> the script as it ran. >>> >> >> >> OK, I'll look at combining that part my my scripts, or just using yours, etc. >> >> Thanks for the help, >> Mark > > Neil, > One more question if I might. What's the simplest way to regenerate > the kernel when there are no kernel changes but you have changes to > the programs that are going into the initramfs? make clean seems like > overkill to me, and it's very slow to boot. > Answering self: The Gentoo wiki covered this at the end: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Initramfs I tried it and it seemed to work, although I've not yet successfully booted this kernel so there may well be some issues left to deal with. Cheers