On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 13:31 +0100, Russell King wrote:
> A build using O= does this:
> 
>   HOSTCC  usr/gen_init_cpio
>   GEN_INITRAMFS_LIST usr/initramfs_list
> Using shipped usr/initramfs_list
>   CPIO    usr/initramfs_data.cpio
> ERROR: unable to open 'usr/initramfs_list': No such file or directory
> 
> Usage:
>         ./usr/gen_init_cpio <cpio_list>
> 
> <cpio_list> is a file containing newline separated entries that
> describe the files to be included in the initramfs archive:
> 
> The source tree contains this in usr:
> 
> -rw-r--r--  1 rmk rmk 1657 Oct 23 11:41 Makefile
> -rw-r--r--  1 rmk rmk 8335 Oct 23 11:41 gen_init_cpio.c
> -rw-r--r--  1 rmk rmk 1024 Aug  1  2003 initramfs_data.S
> -rw-r--r--  1 rmk rmk  146 Oct 23 11:41 initramfs_list
> 
> and the build tree usr contains:
> 
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 rmk rmk 10834 Oct 23 13:29 gen_init_cpio
> -rw-r--r--  1 rmk rmk     0 Oct 23 13:29 initramfs_data.cpio
> 
> Running with V=1 shows:
> 
> make -f /home/rmk/build/linux-v2.6-local/scripts/Makefile.build obj=usr
>   echo Using shipped usr/initramfs_list
> Using shipped usr/initramfs_list
>   ./usr/gen_init_cpio usr/initramfs_list > usr/initramfs_data.cpio
> ERROR: unable to open 'usr/initramfs_list': No such file or directory
> 
> so it's referencing the wrong directory.
> 

Yep.  Please see the

 [PATCH 2.6.9-bk7] Select cpio_list or source directory for initramfs image updates

thread for latest patch to fix this and other issues.  There are some
other patches floating around that is slightly smaller, but I would
appreciate testing and feedback.


Cheers,

-- 
Martin Schlemmer