On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 2:11 AM, André Draszik <g...@andred.net> wrote: > On Tue, 2017-11-14 at 22:14 +0800, Shashwat Pandey wrote: >> Using ustar format due to ROOTFS size exceeding issue. >> Ustar supports up to 8GB. >> Where as newc support up to 4GB. >> >> [YOCTO #11674] > > Do recent kernels actually support ustar for initramfs? I thought it only > supported newc? My 4.9 kernel certainly still only mentions newc...
Also note that the sizes being referred to are actually the "file size limits for individual files" not the total cpio archive size. https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/manual/cpio.html What's the case where > 4GB files are needed in an initramfs? -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
