Re: [PATCH RFC v2] selftests/nolibc: don't embed initramfs into kernel image

Hi Thomas,

On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 05:21:38PM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:

When the initramfs is embedded into the kernel each rebuild of it will trigger a full kernel relink and all the expensive postprocessing steps.

Currently nolibc-test and therefore the initramfs are always rebuild, even without source changes, leading to lots of slow kernel relinks.

Instead of linking the initramfs into the kernel assemble it manually and pass it explicitly to qemu. This avoids all of the kernel relinks.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh linux@weissschuh.net

OK, let's try it!

thanks, Willy