On Thu, August 22, 2013 11:17, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 08:20:23 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> No one has demonstrated that it can. An initramfs isn't magic, it >> > caries out a couple of trivial tasks before switching to the real root >> > partition. >> >> The issue mentioned was an example. It was also: >> 1) The only one I can remember from the last 4 or 5 years >> 2) Easily avoided with a "rebuild initramfs" notice during upgrade > > 3) spurious as the poster then realised that this was a PEBKAC problem. > So in 5 years you have seen one problem blamed on the initramfs, and all > but one of those reported problems were actually down the the initramfs.
Also the reason why I don't see a problem with the current methods for initramfs usage. >> I think part of the "problem" with it is that the documentation about it >> isn't clear. > > No argument there. > >> There are tools (genkernel / dracut /..? ) that can >> automate the generation of it. But it isn't clear what exactly it is >> doing. If there would be a clear guide on how to do it manually, or a >> tool that would assist in building the file(s) needed to have it build >> into the kernel, then it might be more acceptable to some. > > There are two. A rather terse one in the kernel documentation, I posted > the location earlier in the thread, and a page on the Wiki that describes > the process in more detail, including an example init script. I've just > looked for it and it has expanded since I last need to look at it > > http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Early_Userspace_Mounting > > Or if you look at the official Gentoo documentation it links to the > various resources. > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/initramfs-guide.xml Last time I looked, the information was too minimal to create the config needed for my setup. Genkernel was the simpler method. The current version seems more complete. I will give it another go when I find a spare moment. -- Joost
