* How to skip the initramfs?
@ 2012-04-10 18:04 Thomas Meyer
2012-04-10 18:14 ` Michael Witten
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From: Thomas Meyer @ 2012-04-10 18:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List
How to skip the execution of the initramfs? option "noinitrd" doesn't
seem to work on 3.0 kernel.
Or is there an option to build an abootimg without initramfs? I didn't
find one.
with kind regards
thomas
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* Re: How to skip the initramfs?
2012-04-10 18:04 How to skip the initramfs? Thomas Meyer
@ 2012-04-10 18:14 ` Michael Witten
2012-04-10 18:18 ` Michael Witten
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Michael Witten @ 2012-04-10 18:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas Meyer; +Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 18:04, Thomas Meyer <thomas@m3y3r.de> wrote:
> How to skip the execution of the initramfs? option "noinitrd" doesn't
> seem to work on 3.0 kernel.
>
> Or is there an option to build an abootimg without initramfs? I didn't
> find one.
>
> with kind regards
> thomas
I have always built my kernel without support for initramfs/initrd
by setting the build configuration variable `CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD'
to `n'; in a Kconfig set up UI, you can find this option under
`General setup' as the item:
Initial RAM filesystem and RAM disk (initramfs/initrd) support
You should probably also tell your boot loader (such as `grub') not
to bother loading an initial ram disk.
However, I have the vague notion that there have been rumblings about
requiring initramfs/initrd support in the future; does anybody know if
this is true?
Sincerely,
Michael Witten
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* Re: How to skip the initramfs?
2012-04-10 18:14 ` Michael Witten
@ 2012-04-10 18:18 ` Michael Witten
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Michael Witten @ 2012-04-10 18:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas Meyer; +Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 18:14, Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 18:04, Thomas Meyer <thomas@m3y3r.de> wrote:
>> How to skip the execution of the initramfs? option "noinitrd" doesn't
>> seem to work on 3.0 kernel.
>>
>> Or is there an option to build an abootimg without initramfs? I didn't
>> find one.
>>
>> with kind regards
>> thomas
>
> I have always built my kernel without support for initramfs/initrd
> by setting the build configuration variable `CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD'
> to `n'; in a Kconfig set up UI, you can find this option under
> `General setup' as the item:
>
> Initial RAM filesystem and RAM disk (initramfs/initrd) support
>
> You should probably also tell your boot loader (such as `grub') not
> to bother loading an initial ram disk.
>
> However, I have the vague notion that there have been rumblings about
> requiring initramfs/initrd support in the future; does anybody know if
> this is true?
I should also add that if you do this, it is imperative that you build
into the kernel all of the necessary drivers for completing the boot
process.
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