Re: [PATCH 2/2 v3] initramfs: print error and shell out for unsupported content

[Michal Marek]

On 2014-04-01 13:23, Alexander Holler wrote:
> But as I already said, trying to use arbitrary filenames in a Makefile 
> doesn't really work. There are still other problems, e.g. filenames with 
> a / (directory separator), *, or some of the special make variables like $<.
> 
> So the really working solution would be to get rid of that generated 
> (and hidden) include. Modifying gen_init_cpio.c to browse and collect 
> all filenames and types itself doesn't look like much work (an evening 
> should be enough).
> 
> The drawback is that such a solution would build the initramfs every 
> time make is called (while CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE points to a 
> directory), but I think that time is negligible.

Well, the cpio is embedded in the kernel image, so a rebuild of the cpio
means a relink of the kernel. One option would be to implement the
timestamp checking in gen_init_cpio.c, but I'm not sure if that's worth it.

Michal
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