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SubjectRe: How to skip the initramfs?
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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