mkinitfs.1.in

.TH MKINITFS "1" "July 2018" "mkinitfs @VERSION@" "Early startup"
.SH NAME
mkinitfs - Generate an initramfs
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
mkinitfs [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIKERNELVERSION\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBmkinitfs\fR collects files from the root file system and creates a
compressed initramfs from it.
.TP
\fB\-b\fR \fIBASEDIR\fR
Dont use files from the root file system, use specified path instead.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR \fICONFIGFILE\fR
Use configfile instead of \fI@sysconfdir@/mkinitfs.conf\fR.
.TP
\fB\-C\fR \fIALGORITHM\fR
Compress initramfs using gzip (default), xz, zstd, lz4 or none.
.TP
\fB\-f\fR \fIFSTAB\fR
Use fstab instead of \fI@datadir@/fstab\fR.
.TP
\fB\-F\fR \fIFEATURES\fR
Use specified features.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR
Print this help.
.TP
\fB\-i \fIINITFILE\fR
Use initfile as init instead of \fI@datadir@/initramfs-init\fR.
.TP
\fB\-k\fR
Do not clean up temporary files.
.TP
\fB\-K\fR
Also copy host apk keys to initramfs.
.TP
\fB\-l\fR
Do a dry run and only list files that would have been used.
.TP
\fB\-L\fR
List all available features.
.TP
\fB\-n\fR
Don't include kernel modules or firmware into the initramfs.
.TP
\fB\-o \fIOUTFILE\fR
Set another outfile.
.TP
\fB\-P \fIFEATURESDIR\fR
Prepend features.d search path. Use this if you want to define your own features
outside of the system-wide directories.
.TP
\fB\-q\fR
Quiet mode.
.TP
\fB\-s\fR
Include modloop signature.
.TP
\fB\-t \fITMPDIR\fR
Use tempdir when creating initramfs image.
.SH FILES
.TP
\fI@sysconfdir@/mkinitfs.conf\fR
Default configuration file. It contains the list of default features in the
format of \fBfeatures="..."\fR.
.TP
\fI@sysconfdir@/features.d/FEATURE.modules\fR
Contains a list of kernel modules. Using the feature will cause the given
kernel modules to be included in the initramfs. The modules are given by their
filesystem paths, relative to \fI/lib/modules/KERNELVERSION/\fR.
.TP
\fI@sysconfdir@/features.d/FEATURE.files\fR
Contains a list of absolute file names which will be included into the
generated initramfs if the feature is enabled.
.TP
\fI@datadir@/initramfs-init\fR
Shell script which will be placed as \fI/init\fR in the initramfs. This
functions as the first executed program in early userspace.
.SH AUTHOR
.PP
Written by Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>, Timo Teräs <timo.teras@iki.fi> and others.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Alpine Linux GitLab: <https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/mkinitfs/-/issues>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
mkinitfs-bootparam(7)