Example of ARM based linux board using initramfs and serial console

[Thomas Charron]

On 7/11/08, Alexander Wolfson <AWolfson at sandbridgetech.com> wrote:
> This is what I am doing as well.
> Usually there is a statically linked program in the /bin called busybox which provides big chunk of expected command line functionality.
> All the programms - bash, ash, ls, ping, ... are slinks to busybox (init as well) and busybox checks ARGV[0] for the name that was used to call it and acts accordingly. It still has to be part of some filesystem and this is where the problem is. I am doing something wrong creating the initramfs and linking it with the kernel or something is wrong with my busybox or this is something else that I am not even think of.

  There IS something that I can't recall the exact specifics of, but
it's along the lines of a 'magic identifier' in the filesystem that
says it can be a root FS by the kernel.  Forgive me for not recalling
exactly what it is, and I have no time ATM to STFW for it.  :-D

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-- Thomas