From the config.txt documentation:
If auto_initramfs is set to 1, look for an initramfs file using the same rules as the kernel selection.
Presumably it's looking for something with either no suffix, 7, 7l, or 8, but what is the base name for that?
update-initramfs generates files named initrd.img-$(uname -r), but it's not that.
Neither initrd.img nor imitramfs.img are loaded for kernel.img.
The new Bookworm-based image (2023-10-10) comes with auto_initramfs=1 and pre-built files named initramfs, initramfs7, initramfs7l, and initramfs8. These load as expected to match the kernel.
However, this does not work with any of the previous images. The same setup on the 2023-05-03 Bullseye-based image fails to load any initramfs.
sudo mkinitramfs so what's the problem?
auto_initramfs=1 when using any base image before the one released this month.
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Oct 23, 2023 at 15:36