grs/Netboot.py: use busybox built by genkernel

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/grs/Netboot.py b/grs/Netboot.py
index 1b3ea80..985bcfd 100644
--- a/grs/Netboot.py
+++ b/grs/Netboot.py
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ class Netboot(HashIt):
         Execute(cmd, timeout=600, logfile=self.logfile, shell=True)
         os.chdir(cwd)
 
+        ''' The issue here was that busybox was build in the host env like the
+        kernel and that means that we are using the host's ARCH and the cpuflags
+        which are now poluting the initramfs.  The better approach to building
+        a kernel and initramfs is to drop the Kernel.py module altogether and
+        emerge genkernel in the fledgeling system via the script directive, set
+        genkernel.conf via the populate directive and then just run genkernel.
+
         # 2.5 Don't trust genkernel's busybox, but copy in our own version
         # built in the system chroot.  This ensures it will work on the
         # target system.
@@ -81,6 +88,7 @@ class Netboot(HashIt):
         busybox_src = os.path.join(self.portage_configroot, 'bin/busybox')
         busybox_dst = os.path.join(self.kernelroot, 'initramfs/bin/busybox')
         shutil.copy(busybox_src, busybox_dst)
+        '''
 
         # 3. Make the squashfs image in the tmpdir directory.
         squashfs_dir = os.path.join(initramfs_root, 'mnt/cdrom')