commit: e11c2d0de7b0aec7157a3fd4d5344eb79304bd86
Author: Anthony G. Basile <blueness <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Wed Jan 10 20:40:24 2018 +0000
Commit: Anthony G. Basile <blueness <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Wed Jan 10 20:40:24 2018 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/grss.git/commit/?id=e11c2d0d
grs/Netboot.py: use busybox built by genkernel
grs/Netboot.py | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/grs/Netboot.py b/grs/Netboot.py
index 1b3ea80..985bcfd 100644
--- a/grs/Netboot.py
+++ b/grs/Netboot.py
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ class Netboot(HashIt):
Execute(cmd, timeout=600, logfile=self.logfile, shell=True)
os.chdir(cwd)
+ ''' The issue here was that busybox was build in the host env like the
+ kernel and that means that we are using the host's ARCH and the
cpuflags
+ which are now poluting the initramfs. The better approach to building
+ a kernel and initramfs is to drop the Kernel.py module altogether and
+ emerge genkernel in the fledgeling system via the script directive, set
+ genkernel.conf via the populate directive and then just run genkernel.
+
# 2.5 Don't trust genkernel's busybox, but copy in our own version
# built in the system chroot. This ensures it will work on the
# target system.
@@ -81,6 +88,7 @@ class Netboot(HashIt):
busybox_src = os.path.join(self.portage_configroot, 'bin/busybox')
busybox_dst = os.path.join(self.kernelroot, 'initramfs/bin/busybox')
shutil.copy(busybox_src, busybox_dst)
+ '''
# 3. Make the squashfs image in the tmpdir directory.
squashfs_dir = os.path.join(initramfs_root, 'mnt/cdrom')
