From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D27264E4C20; Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:27:38 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790616460; cv=none; b=OwpLLgES9Sgmd29q9gs7IwFYYct/FMfDOgVFUpicVdASRuEbnHglpE4pzV0DMnIuheeupQQQQBL9IOApJebxoAGhSi4OqYkMZbHN3bC0+bQAMPv0DF0QledEVG+GBt7QVF7HJjNotHYBc0hx8l6e86nEwcrfu0YZdgL9vi6QCSk= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790616460; c=relaxed/simple; bh=AHw6WcgdVZgKfWGs8wYDEg+b2spe6e8gjU2uAAY/cLc=; h=From:Subject:Date:Message-Id:MIME-Version:Content-Type:To:Cc; b=ebl7UKyv3gonECiKSTT9Zfjxpi77ShFFeCTCkVxa2rD/ef2pWuJ7gyeOodP4wKrgrchqO8B6F3doEYURCB6VE27XqgxElY5Nu/6mmupIloyD+GgPMDm1Vot31Yq1gEK0af5HuCrfs0arA1pvYrPm6rfBmad6FW/3/JQ6R+LU80c= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=ML2QdkCS; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="ML2QdkCS" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with UTF8SMTPSA id 0B9CD1F00893; Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:27:37 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1790616458; bh=9TV9CZp7F6pGowVYUJzJ4N6Q8t1cPGPvHxtYWak4BOo=; h=From:Subject:Date:To:Cc; b=ML2QdkCS3OlmsKQFbRneo/Dlnm8gkGcBAJgnibAb7/PJa0WxDM9XNJv8kL5KqiL6t 7z/7Tkm1ZnURsXPB3nXojxLLZzPXiQ1mq4IXis0jZYFfttjVG4b+nKFlz8h6Iz2BBv /wXXvB0zyoX9KJy7Uz43TV5kxt/eZUI4i2s3oUJdzEEer5tgUK55Xt6xUCSXtPoyW3 9VHz2rq7lyb2ERXoBToE4x/4iVBmX4e+IBvDSJqiTyltIGP//E4SHOsBO4tdd5mZUM G/0WhFcUBKkyeoRCTvMXgORvgbGczTvTiJACqSc4N7zazKWAMld/JZUOA6Y0savHQk uxDgyLuCI25Lw== From: Nicolas Schier Subject: [PATCH v4 0/2] Move tool for generating initramfs cpio to scripts/ Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:26:56 +0200 Message-Id: <20260928-move-gen_init_cpio-to-scripts-v4-0-f437a33c40ac@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-B4-Tracking: v=1; b=H4sIAGGjumoC/4XPQW7CMBCF4asgr2tkj3Hc6ar3QAgRMwmjFjuyI wuEcnecsEBVF1n+s/ie5iEyJaYsvjYPkahw5hhq7D42wl9OoSfJ59oCFDQKwMprLCR7CkcOPB7 9wFGOUWafeBizRPpE6hDJ6pOoxpCo49vi7w+1L5zHmO7LXNHz9SUbhSty0VJJ5a2y2Grytv3+o RTodxtTL2a6wJtzoNY4qBw0rSNtvdPG/OPMm8PVv4upHKLfoelc4wD+cNM0PQGCR+iCaQEAAA= = X-Change-ID: 20260225-move-gen_init_cpio-to-scripts-9e89ef99e51a To: Nathan Chancellor , Nicolas Schier , Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan , Randy Dunlap , Luis Augenstein , Maximilian Huber , Mike Rapoport , Pasha Tatashin , Pratyush Yadav , Alexander Graf , Willy Tarreau , =?utf-8?q?Thomas_Wei=C3=9Fschuh?= Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Askar Safin , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, =?utf-8?q?Thomas_Wei=C3=9Fschuh?= X-Mailer: b4 0.14.2 X-Developer-Signature: v=1; a=openpgp-sha256; l=3530; i=nsc@kernel.org; s=20250924; h=from:subject:message-id; bh=AHw6WcgdVZgKfWGs8wYDEg+b2spe6e8gjU2uAAY/cLc=; b=owEBbQKS/ZANAwAKAQdSCnAWJhJpAcsmYgBquqNngpRwJH7gtezweBGwAnX75e2BjKoR7HKmD +sDP+kdN+2JAjMEAAEKAB0WIQSHQTenhzckp4G+wsYHUgpwFiYSaQUCarqjZwAKCRAHUgpwFiYS aURsEACSbagu8wpV2hI77TKfpUyKYeiN6C1f9X3Ib3qZeypiAv7bCFlW0vHuECGboSOccAcPG0j kO4zYR7Rd2P09QyWjep2b9RMx9ebQZa3Pkw7CkNJRvRYdzaXqfOrZKNVyycf6cswhNzYg/MvFNC 2mq3S456NmxFP+tBpQDzRRXE8cR3tWgOdMPgzeFpskkcloyPWmme31LFMmQc4uG2QAVIvJCP3ru Vjc1+U5ZVyJnci53Ndu3IiOzfNOGu45RzYNsVXZ8WJd81QHVcJP+utNDpOAQAlVbpRBiLXcs9Pv LNILfhKuAgtV0Hbq2cEN54Tn225iFOmgJU3u1JhIhGHnFT7dlPfhP3i0tCvRLBjurAjAMic51aB O8oInBBP2YTcR3eVNlHacd9ookbdHuYODSEcLrCfT/ZOfsnYKFSkZYuYievOivk7sxG/NBLJzJ3 XnMnh7m9UN8/dDaur9qQoVyNdfZSlWIPauVTtp29cD51mfY5TNU4KQKYMaaCJrXme2Sl/+J0f4Q +Z5Mxr6NJ1JKBrnHlYDtjxNe1VABRnfxKsLH3bhhe/cF5Ucum3QgTr+pXiGTA2OsF11Y+x5T7l5 N6wI1iHm82VVYP9Px+ogjtFrfdcjwerLMNMLtctbbgc0MSYcSZO57QmfOk1eVPI0TiVUoIl7lea uO06Fu8x9SVY80A== X-Developer-Key: i=nsc@kernel.org; a=openpgp; fpr=18ED52DBE34F860EE9FBC82B7D97093255A0CE7F initramfs cpio tools had been subject of several recent discussions on linux-kbuild. Let's get two minor steps forward by enabling a top-level target for building gen_init_cpio w/o the need of a valid kbuild configuration [1] and move the tools for generating the built-in initramfs from usr/ to scripts/ [2]. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260220191150.244006-1-safinaskar@gmail.com # [1] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aSdrCFkUQup3qb-q@derry.ads.avm.de/ # [2] --- Changes in v4: * Update tools/testing/selftests/liveupdate/vmtest.sh to new path of gen_init_cpio (Mike Rapoport) * Update stale comment in gen_initramfs.sh (sashiko) * Link to v3: https://patch.msgid.link/20260925-move-gen_init_cpio-to-scripts-v3-0-99c493f76722@kernel.org Changes in v3: * Update various remaining usr/gen_init* references treewide (Nathan) * Link to v2: https://patch.msgid.link/20260720-move-gen_init_cpio-to-scripts-v2-0-26b7e15c7133@kernel.org Changes in v2: * Build gen_init_cpio only if CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD (Thomas) * Keep underscore top-level target name (scripts_gen_init_cpio) (Thomas) * Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260309-move-gen_init_cpio-to-scripts-v1-0-0c5059b1ec5b@kernel.org To: Nathan Chancellor To: Nicolas Schier To: Jonathan Corbet To: Shuah Khan To: Randy Dunlap To: Luis Augenstein To: Maximilian Huber To: Mike Rapoport To: Pasha Tatashin To: Pratyush Yadav To: Alexander Graf To: Willy Tarreau To: Thomas Weißschuh Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org Cc: linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org --- Nicolas Schier (2): kbuild: Mark usr_gen_init_cpio as no-dot-config-target kbuild: Move gen_init_cpio and gen_initramfs.sh to scripts/ .../early-userspace/early_userspace_support.rst | 16 ++++++++-------- Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst | 10 +++++----- MAINTAINERS | 1 + Makefile | 9 +++++---- scripts/.gitignore | 1 + scripts/Makefile | 3 +++ scripts/Makefile.package | 2 +- {usr => scripts}/gen_init_cpio.c | 0 {usr => scripts}/gen_initramfs.sh | 4 ++-- scripts/remove-stale-files | 2 ++ scripts/sbom/tests/cmd_graph/test_savedcmd_parser.py | 2 +- tools/testing/selftests/kho/vmtest.sh | 2 +- tools/testing/selftests/liveupdate/vmtest.sh | 4 ++-- tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile.nolibc | 2 +- usr/.gitignore | 4 +++- usr/Kconfig | 2 +- usr/Makefile | 4 +--- 17 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) --- base-commit: 93f51579e7df248780214094418f205253383cc5 change-id: 20260225-move-gen_init_cpio-to-scripts-9e89ef99e51a Best regards, -- Nicolas