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 95D4E1381FB for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 22:02:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E61C921C0DA; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 22:02:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qa0-f51.google.com (mail-qa0-f51.google.com [209.85.216.51]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 32DCE21C01F for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 22:00:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f51.google.com with SMTP id i20so5361113qad.10 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:00:36 -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=jfwaLkwIFphTOMO+3zeOgdvfVwcAGh7kIHmYQiQ20gw=; b=fYFlCvqGQYb3W0jGIKb1so6fV4ycIJJ4ulP48gJllebzS3nbysHzCHXqfBRspV3wy8 CLNixqRTGqB+rID3QmZqeUiWGn7VFsDfSuecC4GyWvM27v64bIraVOWopGhpuTNw6Gar zcoaoLJP7mjcNN1JH5CDi0E+cFG2fiH5o9i3ZXId1x7LXdEREYNm6dZNhBBoDipe/qnF 5IUlt7plY/kRWy2btDv+bZtjzaecWUMDMmbeLao1YNJ8b725NK9BHbh8vsrT72zfi+7v FPxPA7yVZAO7hty0PkkF28gqG/Yft++q89C1H1qg1IPtCN3CJ+Z8niXb58vB8YB93gVE CMDg== 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 10.224.39.83 with SMTP id f19mr12367089qae.76.1356472836376; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:00:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.186.132 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:00:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20121225211938.0c895a65@digimed.co.uk> References: <50CB1942.3020900@gmail.com> <50CB4A3C.1030109@gmail.com> <50CB5406.7040404@gmail.com> <8738z7hgsa.fsf@ist.utl.pt> <20121216171043.71084070@khamul.example.com> <20121217104621.735bf43a@khamul.example.com> <20121218163332.7956f31a@khamul.example.com> <87txrd6pb3.fsf@ist.utl.pt> <20121223182037.1553813f@khamul.example.com> <87bodk7lb6.fsf@ist.utl.pt> <20121224085528.56f535ec@khamul.example.com> <50D85167.9060309@gmail.com> <20121224204817.335033c6@khamul.example.com> <50D8B467.4080100@gmail.com> <20121225211938.0c895a65@digimed.co.uk> Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:00:36 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone switched to eudev yet? From: Mark Knecht To: Gentoo User Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 49d53df6-5a47-4430-9e3f-7a70c43fa804 X-Archives-Hash: 5b8525ce847304453360354e2dddc1d8 On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:23:16 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> I don't like, really don't like, the work that currently goes into >> making my 'init thingy' work. All the Gentoo docs about creating >> hierarchies by hand and populating them with files and then compressing >> it. All that drives me nuts. It should be 100% automatic, and probably >> is with the right tools which I haven't found. > > The right tools are included, and documented, with your kernel. Create a > plain text config file detailing the contents of the initramfs and set > CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE to the path top this file. That and an init > script are all you need to have the initramfs automatically built with > the current versions of all files when you compile your kernel. > > No messing around with copying files from the main filesystem or calling > arcane incantations involving cpio, "make all" takes care of it all. > > -- > Neil Bothwick If you have one handy and it's not something huge (I don't think it is but I don't really know) maybe you could post an example of what that file looks like? Thanks, Mark