On Sat, Sep 26, 2026 at 11:34:51AM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote: > Hi Nicolas, > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 09:29:29PM +0200, Nicolas Schier wrote: > > initramfs cpio tools had been subject of several recent discussions on > > linux-kbuild. Let's get two minor steps forward by enabling a > > top-level target for building gen_init_cpio w/o the need of a valid > > kbuild configuration [1] and move the tools for generating the built-in > > initramfs from usr/ to scripts/ [2]. > > > > Link: > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected] # > > [1] > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ # [2] > > --- > > Changes in v3: > > * Update various remaining usr/gen_init* references treewide (Nathan) > > * Link to v2: > > https://patch.msgid.link/20260720-move-gen_init_cpio-to-scripts-v2-0-26b7e15c7...@kernel.org > > > > Changes in v2: > > * Build gen_init_cpio only if CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD (Thomas) > > * Keep underscore top-level target name (scripts_gen_init_cpio) > > (Thomas) > > * Link to v1: > > https://patch.msgid.link/20260309-move-gen_init_cpio-to-scripts-v1-0-0c5059b1e...@kernel.org > > > > --- > > Nicolas Schier (2): > > kbuild: Mark usr_gen_init_cpio as no-dot-config-target > > kbuild: Move gen_init_cpio and gen_initramfs.sh to scripts/ > > > > .../early-userspace/early_userspace_support.rst | 16 > > ++++++++-------- > > Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst | 10 +++++----- > > MAINTAINERS | 1 + > > Makefile | 9 +++++---- > > scripts/.gitignore | 1 + > > scripts/Makefile | 3 +++ > > scripts/Makefile.package | 2 +- > > {usr => scripts}/gen_init_cpio.c | 0 > > {usr => scripts}/gen_initramfs.sh | 2 +- > > scripts/remove-stale-files | 2 ++ > > scripts/sbom/tests/cmd_graph/test_savedcmd_parser.py | 2 +- > > tools/testing/selftests/kho/vmtest.sh | 2 +- > > There's also tools/testing/selftests/liveupdate/vmtest.sh I know of, didn't > check for other users in tools/testing >
No idea how I missed that again; will be adjusted in v4. Thanks a lot! -- Nicolas
