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Hehe you'd be /amazed/ how much smaller the kernel gets it you don't put in IPv4/6 -- and let me tell you, when you upload via uart, every little helps :-) My
by buserror 11y ago
Hehe you'd be /amazed/ how much smaller the kernel gets it you don't put in IPv4/6 -- and let me tell you, when you upload via uart, every little helps :-)
My fav method is to build a kernel with just busybox using my minifs [0], making sure I have kexec support in that kernel.
Once booted, I can upload a new kernel via zmodem, and kexec straight into the new kernel. Rince, repeat!
You can also use zmodem to upload new binaries to a system, even if it's an initramfs, without having to do a full rebuild/reboot. Quite handy.
[0]: https://github.com/buserror/minifs https://github.com/buserror/minifs
- voltagex_ 11y agoI wonder if I could use zmodem via VirtualBox's serial port... I mean, I have PXE for loading new kernels but this seems cooler.