Hi,

On Oct 11, 2010, at 3:56 PM, Toan Pham wrote:

> Rene,
> 
> In one of the build scripts located at
> 'http://svn.exactcode.de/t2/trunk/target/share/livecd/build_initrd.sh'
> prefers
> to the folder TOOLCHAIN/initramfs as the root filesystem for initrd
> image, where everything be zipped/cpio to an initrd image.
> This can be a little bit mis-understanding because the Linux kernel
> 2.6+ also has initramfs (not initrd), that it can be
> prepared and piggy backed with the kernel image (ref.  <kernel
> source>/Document/filesytems/ramfs-initramfs.txt).
> I am also thinking of ways to prepare the real or new initramfs that
> the kernel supports.  This would make it easier
> for someone to customize the new initramfs, without creating nasty
> patches or build hooks to linux26 package.
> Before then, should we change the livecd initrd buildscript to prepare
> its content in TOOLCHAIN/initrdfs, instead of
> TOOLCHAIN/initramfs?

We already use the "new" initramfs everywhere for half a decade.

        René

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