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+
+obj-y := initramfs_data.o
+
+hostprogs-y  := gen_init_cpio
+
+clean-files := initramfs_data.cpio.gz initramfs_list
+
+# initramfs_data.o contains the initramfs_data.cpio.gz image.
+# The image is included using .incbin, a dependency which is not
+# tracked automatically.
+$(obj)/initramfs_data.o: $(obj)/initramfs_data.cpio.gz FORCE
+
+ifdef CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID
+gen_initramfs_args += -u $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID)
+endif
+
+ifdef CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID
+gen_initramfs_args += -g $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID)
+endif
+
+# The $(shell echo $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE)) is to remove the
+# gratuitous begin and end quotes from the Kconfig string type.
+# Internal, escaped quotes in the Kconfig string will loose the
+# escape and become active quotes.
+quotefixed_initramfs_source := $(shell echo $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE))
+
+filechk_initramfs_list = $(CONFIG_SHELL) \
+ $(srctree)/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh $(gen_initramfs_args) $(quotefixed_initramfs_source)
+
+$(obj)/initramfs_list: FORCE
+	$(call filechk,initramfs_list)
+
+quiet_cmd_cpio = CPIO    $@
+      cmd_cpio = ./$< $(obj)/initramfs_list > $@
+
+
+# Check if the INITRAMFS_SOURCE is a cpio archive
+ifneq (,$(findstring .cpio,$(quotefixed_initramfs_source)))
+
+# INITRAMFS_SOURCE has a cpio archive - verify that it's a single file
+ifneq (1,$(words $(quotefixed_initramfs_source)))
+$(error Only a single file may be specified in CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE (="$(quotefixed_initramfs_source)") when a cpio archive is directly specified.)
+endif
+# Now use the cpio archive directly
+initramfs_data_cpio = $(quotefixed_initramfs_source)
+targets += $(quotefixed_initramfs_source)
+
+else
+
+# INITRAMFS_SOURCE is not a cpio archive - create one
+$(obj)/initramfs_data.cpio: $(obj)/gen_init_cpio \
+                            $(initramfs-y) $(obj)/initramfs_list FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,cpio)
+
+targets += initramfs_data.cpio
+initramfs_data_cpio = $(obj)/initramfs_data.cpio
+
+endif
+
+
+$(obj)/initramfs_data.cpio.gz: $(initramfs_data_cpio) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,gzip)
+
+targets += initramfs_data.cpio.gz
+