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-Feel free to add requirements documents in here - all contributions welcome.
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-For pinata-alpha we need to replace the functions we use in the initial boot2docker version:
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-minimal kernel that will boot in under 3s (to be cut down further)
-boot2docker uses aufs and so patched kernel, probably use overlayfs and upstream instead
-docker
-dhcp, ntp
-getty for login, possibly ssh
-shell for logins
-base dependencies - may all be eg busybox
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-external build with binaries for pinata to use in build: vmlinuz and initrd (do not need iso/fs image initially)
-CI, autobuild (via docker hub ideally).
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-pinata needs to add to standard build:
-init scripts to create fs if not there etc
-9puds Go binary to forward domain sockets
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-not required: self update: treated as immutable, updated with a new pinata update