linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARC: Remove CONFIG_INITRAMFS

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Date:   Wed, 6 Jun 2018 09:32:35 -0700
From:   Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>
To:     Alexey Brodkin <Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com>
Cc:     linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>,
        "# 3.4.x" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARC: Remove CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE from defconfigs

On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 5:59 AM, Alexey Brodkin
<Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com> wrote:
> We used to have pre-set CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE with local path
> to intramfs in ARC defconfigs. This was quite convenient for
> in-house development but not that convenient for newcomers
> who obviusly don't have folders like "arc_initramfs" next to
> the Linux source tree. Which leads to quite surprising failure
> of defconfig building:
> ------------------------------->8-----------------------------
>   ../scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh: Cannot open '../../arc_initramfs_hs/'
> ../usr/Makefile:57: recipe for target 'usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz' failed
> make[2]: *** [usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz] Error 1
> ------------------------------->8-----------------------------
>
> So now when more and more people start to deal with our defconfigs
> let's make their life easier with removal of CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@...opsys.com>
> Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@...opsys.com>

Reviewed-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>
Tested-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>

Kevin