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Expand Up @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ The `build_dir`can be embedded into the Linux kernel with:
CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="/tmp/initramfs"
```

Take care to set `make_nodes = true` to create `/dev/console` in the build dir (instead of in the cpio when packing it).
The console device node file is required in builtin initrds.

A CPIO file can be embedded into the Linux kernel with:

```
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