Re: [PATCH 0/2] Move tool for generating initramfs cpio to scripts/

[H. Peter Anvin]

On March 9, 2026 6:54:16 PM PDT, Askar Safin <safinaskar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I like this patchset.
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>Rob (CC'd), does this solve your problem?
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>Also, in [1] I said:
>> command
>> "make usr/gen_init_cpio" doesn't work in clean kernel tree even if
>> config exists (I checked this)
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>Now I tested this again, and I see that "make usr/gen_init_cpio" indeed
>doesn't work in current mainline in that scenario, but
>"cd usr; make gen_init_cpio" works (how I supposed to know this?).
>So, problems in [1] are not as big as I thought. You don't need to build
>whole kernel two times in that scenario. But still I like this your
>new patchset.
>
>Also, I think that top-level "usr" directory exists as a placeholder for
>klibc-init project (this is merely my hypothesis, I don't know for sure).
>I. e. it was supposed to contain source for userspace init program, which
>was supposed to be put into default initramfs.
>
>But klibc-init project, unfortunately, seems to fail. So, I think we should
>remove whole top level "usr" directory and move its contents to other places.
>
>[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260220191150.244006-1-safinaskar@xxxxxxxxx
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Well, it worked, but got vetoed. It is still maintained out of tree.