On 07/04/2025 1:31 pm, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
> Build initrd format directly digestable by the kernel. Additionally,
> include it itself inside as boot/initrd-domU file, for domU booting in
> tests.
> This should avoid the need to repack tar -> cpio as part of the test
> job.
>
> Keep generating initrd.tar.gz as that's still used by older branches.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marma...@invisiblethingslab.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.coop...@citrix.com>
> ---
> scripts/x86_64-rootfs-alpine.sh | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/x86_64-rootfs-alpine.sh b/scripts/x86_64-rootfs-alpine.sh
> index b70b3a5..13e85fa 100755
> --- a/scripts/x86_64-rootfs-alpine.sh
> +++ b/scripts/x86_64-rootfs-alpine.sh
> @@ -58,3 +58,8 @@ passwd -d "root" root
> cd /
> tar cvzf "${WORKDIR}/binaries/initrd.tar.gz" \
> bin dev etc home init lib mnt opt root sbin usr var
What's required to drop the tar version? Presumably merging the rest of
your series?
> +mkdir boot
> +find bin dev etc home init lib mnt opt root sbin usr var |\
> + cpio -o -H newc | gzip > boot/initrd-domU
> +find bin boot dev etc home init lib mnt opt root sbin usr var |\
> + cpio -o -H newc | gzip > "${WORKDIR}/binaries/initrd.cpio.gz" \
