[Cbe-oss-dev] Kernel Install warnings

[Adam Clark]

On Jan 11, 2008 7:35 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<Geert.Uytterhoeven at sonycom.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, Adam Clark wrote:
> >   This is how I got to where I am:
> >
> > $ git clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/geoff/ps3-linux.git
> > $ cd ps3-linux
> > $ make ps3_defconfig; make; make install
>
> This doesn't make an initrd.
make install actually created the following:

-rw-------  1 root root  3468091 2008-01-11 15:11
initrd-2.6.24-rc7-gf565a2ce.img
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       37 2008-01-11 15:10 System.map ->
/boot/System.map-2.6.24-rc7-gf565a2ce
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  1316346 2008-01-11 15:10
System.map-2.6.24-rc7-gf565a2ce
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       34 2008-01-11 15:10 vmlinux ->
/boot/vmlinux-2.6.24-rc7-gf565a2ce

Is it possible that the initrd is created incorrectly?

>
> > How should I make an initrd?
>
> That usually depends on the distribution. Probably F8 has some script to build
> kernels and the respective initrd.
>
> Alternatively, you can not use an initrd and just make sure all required
> drivers for initial booting are built-in. Should work fine (that's what I
> always do).

so given the standard configuration where
CONFIG_PS3_STORAGE=y
CONFIG_PS3_DISK=y

should the required bits should already be in the kernel?

Regards

Adam