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The project consists\nof two main parts:\n- Utilities for initramfs image creation (this includes determining the kernel\n  modules required for the current hardware, adding required utilities, etc).\n- Utilities that run inside the initramfs image at boot time.\n\nThe project has a modular structure. Its main idea is that to create the image you need\n(in the simplest case) to specify a list of characteristics (features) of the future image.\nThe order of features does not matter. The user is not required to know how and in what order\nwill apply stage.\n\n## Documentation\n\nDocumentation about the project is located in the [Documentation directory](Documentation/)\nor on the [wiki](https://github.com/osboot/make-initrd/wiki) where the information\nis collected in one place.\n\n## Build Requires\n\nTo build a initramfs, you have to install the following software packages:\n\n- [GNU make](http://www.gnu.org/software/make/) is used to generate an\n  initramfs image. This is a small but very powerful utility.\n- [bash](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/) is needed for all scripts in the\n  project. This allows for increased portability from one distribution to\n  another.\n- [busybox](https://busybox.net/) is used in the initramfs as runtime (*submodule*).\n  This allows for increased portability from one distribution to another.\n- [libshell](https://github.com/legionus/libshell) is used both when generating\n  the image and in the initramfs (*submodule*).\n- Utilities from [coreutils](https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/) are used\n  in the initramfs image generation scripts.\n- [kmod](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git) is needed\n  to calculate dependencies and load kernel modules in the initramfs.\n- [elfutils](https://sourceware.org/elfutils/) is optional but highly desirable\n  for proper operation. This library is used to calculate the dependencies of\n  binary utilities that are copied into the initramfs image.\n- [json-c](https://github.com/json-c/json-c) is needed to get dependencies from\n  [ELF DLOPEN Medatata](https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/docs/ELF_DLOPEN_METADATA.md).\n  The systemd-256 switched to dynamic loading of libraries that the authors\n  consider optional.\n- Compression libraries are required for the initramfs image parsing utilities:\n  [zlib](https://zlib.net), [bzip2](https://www.sourceware.org/bzip2/),\n  [xz](http://tukaani.org/xz/), [zstd](https://facebook.github.io/zstd/).\n- [scdoc](https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc) is used to generate man-pages.\n\n## Support\nmake-initrd aims to be highly portable, though it has only been tested on a\nlimited number of systems.\n\n- Operating Systems: [ALT Linux](https://en.altlinux.org/), [Fedora](https://fedoraproject.org/),\n  [Gentoo](https://www.gentoo.org/), [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/).\n- C Library: [GNU libc](https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/), [musl libc](https://musl.libc.org/).\n\n## Build\n\n```bash\n$ ./autogen.sh\n$ ./configure\n$ make\n$ make install DESTDIR=/path/to/somewhere\n```\n\nIf you want to use it in-tree:\n```\n$ ./configure --enable-local-build\n$ make\n```\n\n## License\n\nMake-initrd is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 3.\n\n","funding_links":[],"categories":["Projects","others"],"sub_categories":[],"project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fosboot%2Fmake-initrd","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fosboot%2Fmake-initrd","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fosboot%2Fmake-initrd/lists"}