June 20, 2016
1:05 a.m.
On Sun, 2016-06-19 at 09:55 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
is all that still accurate? again, i'm sure i can confirm that once i start digging through the code. in my case, i don't think i'll need an external initramfs if i can cram everything i need into the one embedded in the kernel.
Hi Robert, Yes I believe the documentation is still accurate. An initramfs image can either be linked into the kernel image, or passed to the kernel by the bootloader (e.g. U-Boot) I use Buildroot to build a kernel with an embedded rootfs that has all the tools I need for testing an embedded system. I've also used Buildroot to make a cpio archive of the root filesystem and used that as an external initramfs. Nathan