On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Andrea Adami <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Darren Hart <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> On 05/08/2012 06:54 PM, Manuel Bessler wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm trying to figure out how to build an image of type initramfs, ie. >>> kernel with built-in rootfs. >>> I've got a rootfs.cpio.gz in build/tmp/deploy/images. But how do I >>> tell the kernel to actually use it >>> and "swallow in" the rootfs. >> >> This isn't currently supported. The problem is the kernel would have to >> wait for the image to be completed, and the image currently waits for >> the kernel to be completed. In practice, this is often done in two >> stages, the kernel is built, the rootfs is built, then the kernel is >> rebuilt. This workflow has not been configured for OE/Yocto yet. If this >> is an important feature for you, please consider opening a feature request. >> >> Regards, >> >> Darren Hart >> >>> >>> I've found a few variable that have to do with initramfs', but there >>> are no simple examples, >>> and for some variables I've not found any examples nor documentation at all. >>> >>> in .../images/myimage-initramfs.bb I have: >>> require myimage.bb >>> INITRAMFS_FSTYPES = "cpio.gz" >>> IMAGE_FSTYPES = "${INITRAMFS_FSTYPES}" >>> >>> In the same file I tried to set INITRAMFS_IMAGE to: >>> INITRAMFS_IMAGE = "myimage " >>> >>> >>> Do I need to set CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE in my kernel config manually, >>> and if yes, to what? >>> My kernel recipe is (for now) a simple kernel build, ie "inherit >>> kernel"-based only. >>> >>> Am I using INITRAMFS_IMAGE the right way? What about INITRAMFS_TASK ? >>> I could not find any information on this variable.... >>> >>> I'm using yocto 1.2. >>> >>> >>> Does anyone have a simple example on how to build a kernel with >>> initramfs built in? >>> >>> I'd appreciate any help. >>> Thanks, >>> Manuel >>> _______________________________________________ >>> yocto mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto >> >> -- >> Darren Hart >> Intel Open Source Technology Center >> Yocto Project - Linux Kernel >> _______________________________________________ >> yocto mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto > > > I think I've answered a similar question last week. > > Pls. see this thread: > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/pipermail/yocto/2012-May/008625.htmlsimilar > question was answ > > Regards > > Andrea
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