On 3/21/06, bbosch@iphase.com <bbosch@iphase.com> wrote:
> Robin Getz writes:
>  > I poked around the archives a bit, and didn't see the answer.
>  >
>  > Is there any plan to add support for mkyaffsimage to be able to accept
>  > device tables, similar to mkjffs2 or genext2fs? (-D, --devtable <file>)
>
> You might want to try fakeroot.  Debian developers use this library
> shim to build package archives which include devices, etc.  It works
> well for me to build cramfs file system images without root or setuid
> and I suspect it would work fine with mkyaffsimage as well.  I think
> fakeroot originated with the Debian project, but you should be able to
> build or find it for other distributions.
>

I think the device table is the preference of most embedded
developers, since its easy to CM, and requires no device creation
scripts or external tools (such as fakeroot).

Certainly, fakeroot is a workable solution when nothing else exists.