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Originally Posted by kodomo
The kernel repository is missing a lot of crucial files 
I'll attach a file list from a diff with the freescale kernel sources their kernel is based on.
Examples are:
initramfs_data.S initramfs_data.bz2.S initramfs_data.gz.S initramfs_data.lzma.S initramfs_data.lzo.S
(needed to build the initrd - these are the ones creating the first of a series of errors stopping kernel compilation ) |
Hello Komodo, I assume the initramfs isn't there because it contains the update password.
The initramfs can however be extracted trom a running kernel, so this "security through obscurity" is useless — and you can also change whatever you want with a simple script, so there is essentially no security at all. I don't really get what they are trying to do.
BTW I'm gonna be offline for a couple more weeks, then I'm going to give the kernel tree a try and report back.
Ciao!
Later edit: I gave a look around and since the update password is right there, but every assembler file (*.S) is missing from the tree, this probably means there is some bit written in assembler they refuse to release, obviously violating the GPL.