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| author | Dave Reisner <d@falconindy.com> | 2011-06-05 21:42:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Dave Reisner <d@falconindy.com> | 2011-06-16 20:19:12 +0200 |
| commit | b117e2ae0cf948d4afe59eee6e503f30f184ddba (patch) | |
| tree | 862a994d1a7a1302814981bf9ba2b5a4f4a88e63 /mkinitcpio.5.txt | |
| parent | 3efc8b39b126c6eaaedcc1585a17105a5ab67a8f (diff) | |
| download | mkinitcpio-b117e2ae0cf948d4afe59eee6e503f30f184ddba.tar.gz mkinitcpio-b117e2ae0cf948d4afe59eee6e503f30f184ddba.tar.xz | |
use bsdcpio to create images
This is a departure from using gen_init_cpio, which proved to be a huge
bottleneck in performance. Tests for existance change from being a call
to grep, to a simple shell test.
In the process, we have to modify the behavior of the -s option, and we
lose the -a option.
Signed-off-by: Dave Reisner <d@falconindy.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'mkinitcpio.5.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | mkinitcpio.5.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/mkinitcpio.5.txt b/mkinitcpio.5.txt index 1c095dc..3d0fdc9 100644 --- a/mkinitcpio.5.txt +++ b/mkinitcpio.5.txt @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ Options *-k* 'kernelversion':: Use 'kernelversion'. Default is the current running kernel. -*-s* 'filelist':: - Saves a list of all the files in the initial ramdisk in 'filelist'. Default: no; This means the filelist will not be retained if this option isn't specified. Useful for debugging purposes. +*-s*:: + Saves the build directory for the initial ramdisk. Default: no; This means the directory will not be retained if this option isn't specified. Useful for debugging purposes. *-b* 'basedir':: Use 'basedir' as a starting point for gathering information about the currently running system. Default: /. @@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ Options *-g* 'filename':: Generate a CPIO image as 'filename'. Default: no; this means nothing will be written to the filesystem unless this option is specified. -*-a* 'filelist':: - Append to an existing 'filelist'. Default no. - *-p* 'preset':: Build initial ramdisk according to specified 'preset'. Presets are found in /etc/mkinitcpio.d |