Hi Andrea, thanks for the link, I will try that out.
Manuel On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Andrea Adami <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > Bad copy&paste :/ sry > > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/pipermail/yocto/2012-May/008625.html _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list [email protected] https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
