See the gen_initramfs.sh file - that has the pertinant part I think...it also explains what the initrd.splash file is used for...but there is much more to it than that one function I'm sure, tho I can't find much - surely it needs the binaries as explained in that quote i put on teh gentoo forums...
Philip Dillon-Thiselton wrote: >Should be here: > >http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/gentoo/distfiles/genkernel-3.3.6.tar.bz2 > >Hard to track down... > >James Rayner wrote: > > > >>On 11/11/05, James Rayner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>>Just a question... what stops us from putting drivers in the initramfs? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>And it looks like it has been... scroll down to the end of this section here, >>http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash#Option_2:_Loading_The_initramfs_Image_Dynamically_At_Boot_Time >> >>and you can see that the genkernel utility does that. I'll try and >>grab the source for that tonight when I get home from my exam and see >>if I can hack it up to Arch's scripts. >> >> >>-- >>iphitus - archck maintainer >>Home:iphitus.loudas.com Blog: iphitus.blogspot.com >> >>_______________________________________________ >>arch mailing list >>arch@archlinux.org >>http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch >> >> >> >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >arch mailing list >arch@archlinux.org >http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > > > _______________________________________________ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
