Messages in this thread | | | From | Michael Witten <> | Date | Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:18:22 +0000 | Subject | Re: How to skip the initramfs? |
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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. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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