openwrt之initramfs-kernel

在下载openwrt系统时，经常能看到initramfs-kernel.bin，squashfs-factory.bin，squashfs-sysupgrade.bin等结尾的文件，factory适用于从原厂系统刷到openwrt，sysupgrade则是从openwrt刷到openwrt（已经是openwrt系统，在openwrt系统中更新自己），squashfs则是一种文件系统，适用于嵌入式设备。那么initramfs-kernel又是什么呢。

initramfs是放在内存RAM中的rootfs 映像文件，跟kernel放在一起。一般来说用不到initramfs-kernel.bin来刷机，因为启动后，所有的配置在路由器重启后都不能保留（毕竟ram文件系统，所有文件放在ram中，断电就没了）。但也有用到initramfs-kernel.bin的时候，就是在移植openwrt系统的时候，没有设备上的flash闪存的驱动的时候。

The initramfs OpenWRT/LEDE kernel builds are including the rootfs image into initramfs, attaching it to the kernel so it will put the filesystem in a ramdisk during bootup and utilize it as /. You don't need such builds if the regular flash-based storage works for you, as it won't allow any persistent configuration by default. Such a configuration is useful during initial OpenWRT/LEDE porting efforts when you don't have the flash driver configured to use the flash chip on the device.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/385863/wrt-openwrt-lede-initramfs