(+ Arvind) On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 at 12:45, Christian Melki <christian.melki@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Trying to incorporate a cpio archive but I'm having trouble getting the > kernel to recognize the builtin archive. No printouts regarding initrd > at all. > Does the x86/UEFI stub/arch support builtin cpios? I can't find any > documentation suggesting otherwise. > Skimming through the code makes me skeptical however. > > What's the state of builin cpio for x86? More spec. for a UEFI stubbed > kernel? > The CPIO rootfs should be independent from the bootloader, UEFI stub, etc. From the bootloader pov, it is just a part of the image.
