Bug#839890: please give a tool (or document how to) unpacking an initramfs with microcode prepended

From	Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#839890: please give a tool (or document how to) unpacking an initramfs with microcode prepended
Date	2016-10-06 09:00 +0200
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Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.125
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

the new method of prepending a CPU microcode fix to the initramfs is a
nuisance when debugging an initramfs. Having to peddle with dd and
guessing (?) the correct offset in a situation where only a tiny part
of the system might be available or one is working from a rescue
system is not nice.

Please consider providing a tool which can unpack an initrmamfs with a
single call of the tool even if CPU microcode is prepended.

Thanks!

Greetings
Marc

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Bug#839890: please give a tool (or document how to) unpacking an initramfs with microcode prepended Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> - 2016-10-06 09:00 +0200
  Bug#839890: marked as done (please give a tool (or document how  to) unpacking an initramfs with microcode prepended) owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) - 2016-12-16 00:20 +0100

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