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-rw-r--r--scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh17
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
index 5f3415f2873..41041e4923f 100644
--- a/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
+++ b/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
# Released under the terms of the GNU GPL
#
# Generate a cpio packed initramfs. It uses gen_init_cpio to generate
-# the cpio archive, and gzip to pack it.
+# the cpio archive, and then compresses it.
# The script may also be used to generate the inputfile used for gen_init_cpio
# This script assumes that gen_init_cpio is located in usr/ directory
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ usage() {
cat << EOF
Usage:
$0 [-o <file>] [-u <uid>] [-g <gid>] {-d | <cpio_source>} ...
- -o <file> Create gzipped initramfs file named <file> using
- gen_init_cpio and gzip
+ -o <file> Create compressed initramfs file named <file> using
+ gen_init_cpio and compressor depending on the extension
-u <uid> User ID to map to user ID 0 (root).
<uid> is only meaningful if <cpio_source> is a
directory. "squash" forces all files to uid 0.
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ cpio_list=
output="/dev/stdout"
output_file=""
is_cpio_compressed=
+compr="gzip -9 -f"
arg="$1"
case "$arg" in
@@ -233,11 +234,15 @@ case "$arg" in
echo "deps_initramfs := \\"
shift
;;
- "-o") # generate gzipped cpio image named $1
+ "-o") # generate compressed cpio image named $1
shift
output_file="$1"
cpio_list="$(mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/cpiolist.XXXXXX)"
output=${cpio_list}
+ echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.gz$" && compr="gzip -9 -f"
+ echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.bz2$" && compr="bzip2 -9 -f"
+ echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.lzma$" && compr="lzma -9 -f"
+ echo "$output_file" | grep -q "\.cpio$" && compr="cat"
shift
;;
esac
@@ -274,7 +279,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
esac
done
-# If output_file is set we will generate cpio archive and gzip it
+# If output_file is set we will generate cpio archive and compress it
# we are carefull to delete tmp files
if [ ! -z ${output_file} ]; then
if [ -z ${cpio_file} ]; then
@@ -287,7 +292,7 @@ if [ ! -z ${output_file} ]; then
if [ "${is_cpio_compressed}" = "compressed" ]; then
cat ${cpio_tfile} > ${output_file}
else
- cat ${cpio_tfile} | gzip -f -9 - > ${output_file}
+ cat ${cpio_tfile} | ${compr} - > ${output_file}
fi
[ -z ${cpio_file} ] && rm ${cpio_tfile}
fi