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

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Message-ID: <ebb7bf8e51d6d50ef950ad6c16bbf879b6f7ee75.camel@synopsys.com>
Date:   Fri, 6 Jul 2018 13:06:51 +0000
From:   Alexey Brodkin <Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com>
To:     Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "khilman@...libre.com" <khilman@...libre.com>,
        "linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARC: Remove CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE from defconfigs

Hi Vineet,

On Wed, 2018-06-06 at 09:32 -0700, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> 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>

Any chance for this one to hit upstream sometime soon?

-Alexey