Hi Stephen, 2017-04-15 6:54 GMT+09:00 Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > When 'make mrproper' is done, it should also remove the initramfs cpio > file. I ran into this while doing test build on one machine, followed > by make mrproper and rsync to a target machine. The build on the target > machine would succeed but be unbootable because of the bad initramfs. I think initramfs_data.cpio.* is unneeded for external modules. So, shouldn't it removed by 'make clean', instead of 'make mrproper'? > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Makefile | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > index 04ca211552f7..954292695bf6 100644 > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -1276,7 +1276,8 @@ MRPROPER_FILES += .config .config.old .version .old_version \ > Module.symvers tags TAGS cscope* GPATH GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS \ > certs/signing_key.pem certs/signing_key.priv certs/signing_key.x509 \ > certs/x509.genkey certs/extra_certificates certs/signing_key.x509.keyid \ > - certs/signing_key.x509.signer vmlinux-gdb.py > + certs/signing_key.x509.signer vmlinux-gdb.py \ > + usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz > As you see usr/Makefile, datafile_y = initramfs_data.cpio$(suffix_y) The suffix could be .gz, .bz2, .xz, etc. Why only initramfs_data.cpio.gz? -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html