linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] kbuild: add target to build a cpio containing modules

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Message-ID: <20251125235617.GA296211@ax162>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:56:17 -0700
From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
To: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>
Cc: Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@...ux.dev>,
	Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>,
	Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>,
	kernel@...gutronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] kbuild: add target to build a cpio containing
 modules

On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 02:18:18PM +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> 
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Add Simon's Tested-by and Reviewed-by
> - rename to modules-cpio-pkg (Nathan)
> - add separator/doc comment heading (Thomas)
> - Make temp directory ignoring and cleanup automatic (Thomas)
> - Use CONFIG_SHELL instead of shebang (Thomas)
> - Use -o instead of redirecting stdout when creating cpio (Thomas)
> - Drop superfluous -f as $(build)= overrides it (Thomas)
> - Add extra preparatory patch that makes hostprogs := gen_init_cpio
>   unconditional
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251115-cpio-modules-pkg-v1-1-01d5a0748442@pengutronix.de
> 
> ---
> Ahmad Fatoum (1):
>       initramfs: add gen_init_cpio to hostprogs unconditionally
> 
> Sascha Hauer (1):
>       kbuild: add target to build a cpio containing modules
> 
>  scripts/Makefile.package | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  usr/Makefile             |  4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: e9a6fb0bcdd7609be6969112f3fbfcce3b1d4a7c
> change-id: 20251115-cpio-modules-pkg-70d85a69892b
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>
> 

Thanks a lot for implementing all of Thomas's suggestions (and thanks to
him for providing them). This series looks good to me and I can imagine
this being quite useful for testing.

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>

Cheers,
Nathan