[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] Image_types: use ustar format in cpio command

André Draszik git at andred.net
Tue Nov 14 10:11:45 UTC 2017


On Tue, 2017-11-14 at 22:14 +0800, Shashwat Pandey wrote:
> Using ustar format due to ROOTFS size exceeding issue.
> Ustar supports up to 8GB.
> Where as newc support up to 4GB.
> 
> [YOCTO #11674]

Do recent kernels actually support ustar for initramfs? I thought it only
supported newc? My 4.9 kernel certainly still only mentions newc...

Cheers,
Andre'




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