Re: [RFC][PATCH 6/9] gen_initramfs_list.sh: include xattrs

2015-01-08 Thread Rob Landley
nt this to be easier to use then perhaps working >> with dracut upstream to make it support this out of the box would be a >> good idea. > > Anyone using dracut/systemd is currently not using tmpfs, as specifying > "root=" on the boot command line reverts to using ramfs. Ro

Re: [RFC][PATCH 6/9] gen_initramfs_list.sh: include xattrs

2015-01-13 Thread Rob Landley
On 01/08/2015 04:08 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote: > On Thu, 2015-01-08 at 12:19 -0600, Rob Landley wrote: >> >> But I am curious about how you propose to encode xattrs into the cpio >> format. (Which Al Viro chose because it's _simple_. There isn't really >> a >&

Re: [RFC][PATCH 6/9] gen_initramfs_list.sh: include xattrs

2015-01-13 Thread Rob Landley
On 01/13/2015 02:20 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote: > On Tue, 2015-01-13 at 12:48 -0600, Rob Landley wrote: >> I note that there are two data formats of interest here: >> >> 1) the cpio file layout. >> >> 2) the list of files generated by gen_initramfs_list.sh and consum

Re: [RFC][PATCH 6/9] gen_initramfs_list.sh: include xattrs

2015-01-13 Thread Rob Landley
On 01/13/2015 09:23 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote: > On Tue, 2015-01-13 at 15:42 -0600, Rob Landley wrote: >>> 4 bytes enough? > >> Eh, as long as we're breaking compatibility anyway, we might as well >> extend the file size. It's gzipped so the extra run of consec

Re: Extend initramfs archive format to support xattrs

2015-12-15 Thread Rob Landley
On 12/14/2015 07:17 AM, Mimi Zohar wrote: > Hi James, > > I think we need to describe the basic problem being discussed, make a > list of the problems and then decide which could and should be addressed > before upstreaming the initramfs xattr support. I still have this on my todo list for toybox