busybox init as a shell script

[Denis Vlasenko]

On Friday 25 May 2007 20:23, Yan Seiner wrote:
> Some time ago there was some discussion about replacing busybox init 
> with shell scripts.
> 
> I can't find that right now in the archives, but it could be very useful 
> to me.
> 
> I have a hardware board where the manufacturer uses a custom patched 
> busybox to bring up the hardware.  All they're doing is loading some 
> modules and then running another script via linuxrc.  I'm a bit at a 
> loss to figure out why they chose this method, but I would like to 
> replace the patched binary with standard scripts and eliminate the 
> custom patch job.

This one?

http://busybox.net/~vda/example_fs/README

Making a qemu image so that people can run it easier
is in my TODO list, but do not hold your breath.
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