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= About =

== How it works ==

foonas-em uses [http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4017834659.html initramfs] for the root filesystem these platforms. Normally foonas-em will store this within the kernel, although in this case it lives in a separate file. On boot the kernel unpacks the cpio/gzipped archive into the RAM disk and runs /init.

= Building foonas-em =

Building foonas-em for the above platforms is possible (but not supported) in subversion revision <fill me in> or newer.

<font style="color: red">Note that the resulting file must be under <fillmein> bytes to fit into flash. It is up to you to check this.</font>

== Install foonas Sources ==

Follow the standard [[OpenEmbedded:Install|Installation Guide]] to the end, however do not build anything yet!

== Extra Configuration ==

Firstly modify the DISTRO variable in your local.conf to foonas-em. If you built any packages before this (or have built for foonas already) trash the tmp directory. For example:

 DISTRO = "foonas-em"

== Build Process ==

The build process takes less than an hour on my machine, including building the toolchain (Yorkfield Quad). Because we require some post-processing to the generated image builds of foonas-em for the n1200 use the image recipe for building not the kernel.

 $ cd /stuff/build/
 $ bitbake foonas-em-image

You should now have a kernel and initramfs (ramdisk) files inside in tmp/deploy/uclibc/images/n1200.
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