35022 – genkernel ignores INITRD_SIZE parameter

Bug 35022 - genkernel ignores INITRD_SIZE parameter

Summary: genkernel ignores INITRD_SIZE parameter

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	genkernel (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High minor (vote)
Assignee:	Brad House

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Reported:	2003-12-03 18:00 UTC by Neil Katin
Modified:	2004-01-18 07:58 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Neil Katin 2003-12-03 18:00:19 UTC

There is an INITRD_SIZE parameter defined in the default
/etc/kernels/settings file.  This parameter is ignored in
the 1.8 version of genkernel.  The size is currently hard
coded in the mke2fs command (look for -N5000).

Reproducible: Always
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Replace this line:

        mke2fs -F -q -N5000 ${TEMP}/initrd

with this:

        mke2fs -F -q -N${INITRD_SIZE:-5000} ${TEMP}/initrd

Comment 1 Neil Katin 2003-12-03 18:11:11 UTC

Oops -- the suggested fix missed a needed change to the
line before (the dd command).  Here's the updated suggested
fix:

       dd if=/dev/zero of=${TEMP}/initrd bs=1k count=${INITRD_SIZE:-5000}
       mke2fs -F -q -N${INITRD_SIZE:-5000} ${TEMP}/initrd

Comment 2 Brad House 2004-01-18 07:58:30 UTC

I did not write genkernel 1.x
do not report bugs on genkernel 1.x
it is obsolete

use genkernel 3.0.1