Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] kbuild: Move gen_init_cpio and gen_initramfs.sh to scripts/

[Nicolas Schier]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 12:36:19PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > diff --git a/usr/gen_init_cpio.c b/scripts/gen_init_cpio.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from usr/gen_init_cpio.c
> > rename to scripts/gen_init_cpio.c
> > diff --git a/usr/gen_initramfs.sh b/scripts/gen_initramfs.sh
> > similarity index 99%
> > rename from usr/gen_initramfs.sh
> > rename to scripts/gen_initramfs.sh
> > index 7eba2fddf0ef..27ac1fd48001 100755
> > --- a/usr/gen_initramfs.sh
> > +++ b/scripts/gen_initramfs.sh
> 
> The cpio commmand in scripts/Makefile.package needs an update for this
> move, otherwise modules-cpio-pkg will be broken.

Good catch, thanks!

> Additionally, I see a number of references to "usr/gen_init" even after
> this is applied:
> 
> $ git grep usr/gen_init
> Documentation/driver-api/early-userspace/early_userspace_support.rst:usr/gen_init_cpio utility (run 'usr/gen_init_cpio -h' to get the
> Documentation/driver-api/early-userspace/early_userspace_support.rst:usr/gen_init_cpio.
[...]
> tools/testing/selftests/kho/vmtest.sh:        "$build_dir/usr/gen_init_cpio" "$tmp_dir/cpio_list" > "$initrd"
> tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile.nolibc:        $(QUIET_GEN)echo 'file /init nolibc-test 755 0 0' | $(objtree)/usr/gen_init_cpio - > initramfs.cpio
> usr/Kconfig:          "usr/gen_init_cpio" program in the kernel tree.

oh well, thanks!  I completely forgot checking for references.

> Otherwise, this seems reasonable to me. Feel free to carry
> 
> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> on the respin.

Will do, thank for the review!

Nicolas