Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Move tool for generating initramfs cpio to scripts/

[Nicolas Schier]

On Sat, Sep 26, 2026 at 11:34:51AM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> Hi Nicolas,
> 
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 09:29:29PM +0200, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> > 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@xxxxxxxxx # [1]
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aSdrCFkUQup3qb-q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ # [2]
> > ---
> > 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@xxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > 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@xxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > ---
> > 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                        |  2 +-
> >  scripts/remove-stale-files                               |  2 ++
> >  scripts/sbom/tests/cmd_graph/test_savedcmd_parser.py     |  2 +-
> >  tools/testing/selftests/kho/vmtest.sh                    |  2 +-
> 
> There's also tools/testing/selftests/liveupdate/vmtest.sh I know of, didn't
> check for other users in tools/testing
> 

No idea how I missed that again; will be adjusted in v4.  Thanks a lot!

-- 
Nicolas