README.md

make-initrd

make-initrd is a new, uevent-driven initramfs infrastructure based around udev.

The make-initrd is intended for creating initramfs images. The project consists of two main parts:

• utility for creating initramfs;
• utilities running inside the image at boot time.

Utility of imaging has a modular structure. Its main idea is that to create the image you need (in the simplest case) to specify a list of characteristics (features) of the future image. The order of features does not matter. The user is not required to know how and in what order will apply stage.

Build requires

To build a initramfs, you have to install the following software packages:

• coreutils
• gnu make
• kmod
• help2man
• elfutils

Optional:

• busybox
• libshell
• zlib
• bzip2
• xz

Build

$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install DESTDIR=/path/to/somewhere

If you want to use it in-tree:

$ ./configure --enable-local-build
$ make

Documentation

Documentation about the project is located in the Documentation directory.

License

Make-initrd is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 3.