plymouth for stage3.1

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/helper/fileutil.inc b/helper/fileutil.inc
index 3bfe374c..4855e326 100644
--- a/helper/fileutil.inc
+++ b/helper/fileutil.inc
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ list_packet_files() {
 		done
 	done
 }
-
+#
 # install all dependencies of a module
+# goes through all package as given in the variable REQUIRED_DEPENDENCIES
 install_dependencies() {
 	[ -z "$REQUIRED_DEPENDENCIES" ] && return
 	if [ "$PACKET_MANAGER" = "apt" ]; then
@@ -63,7 +64,11 @@ install_dependencies() {
 	fi
 }
 
+#
 # generate initramfs of directory
+# usage:
+#	generate_initramfs <target_filename> <source_dir>
+#
 generate_initramfs() {
 	[ $# -ne 2 ] && perror "Sanity check failed: generate_initramfs needs exactly two params, but $# were given."
         cd "$2" || perror "Cannot cd to '$2'"
@@ -73,6 +78,16 @@ generate_initramfs() {
         [ "x${PS[1]}" != "x0" ] && perror "cpio create failed."
         [ "x${PS[2]}" != "x0" ] && perror "gzip to '${MODULE_DIR}/$1' failed."
         cd -
-        pinfo "initramfs of $2 created at ${MODULE_DIR}/$1"
+        pinfo "Created initramfs of $2 at ${MODULE_DIR}/$1"
 }
 
+# generates squashfs of directory
+# usage:
+#	generate_squashfs <target_filename> <source_dir>
+generate_squashfs() {
+	[ $# -ne 2 ] && perror "Sanity check failed: generate_squashfs needs exactly two params, but $# were given."
+	[ -d $2 ] || perror "$2 is not a directory."
+	mksquashfs "$2" "${MODULE_DIR}/$1" -comp xz -b 1M -no-recovery >&6 \
+	        || perror "mksquashfs failed ($?)."
+	pinfo "Created squashfs of $2 at ${MODULE_DIR}/$1"
+}