[klibc] including modules into initramfs

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Mon May 16 14:57:29 PDT 2005


Johannes Berg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there any specific reason why the initramfs is built as one of the
> first things in the kernel built process?
> I want to include some modules in my initramfs, and since it is built
> early that doesn't really work out well.
> 

Probably because there aren't any dependencies for that built into the 
Kbuild rules.

Note that the initramfs doesn't have to be linked into the kernel; it 
can also be loaded using initrd protocol.

	-hpa



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