diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index bc68756c93..ab9791ee18 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
-    echo "Usage: $0 <board|all> [mkimage|mkrelease|clean-target|initramfs|make-targets...]"
+    echo "Usage: $0 <{board}|all|boards> [mkimage|mkrelease|clean-target|initramfs|make-targets...]"
     echo "    mkimage - creates the OS image (.img)"
     echo "    mkrelease - creates the compressed OS image (.img.gz, .img.xz)"
     echo "    clean-target - removes the target dir, preserving the package build dirs"
@@ -36,8 +36,17 @@ else
     osversion=$(source $basedir/board/common/overlay/etc/version && echo $os_version)
 fi
 
-# when the special "all" keyword is used for board,
-# all boards are processed, in turn
+# when the special "boards" keyword is used for board, simply list all known boards
+if [ "$board" == "boards" ]; then
+    boards=$(ls $basedir/configs/*_defconfig | grep -v initramfs | grep -oE '\w+_defconfig$' | cut -d '_' -f 1)
+    for b in $boards; do
+        echo $b
+    done
+
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# when the special "all" keyword is used for board, all boards are processed, in turn
 if [ "$board" == "all" ]; then
     boards=$(ls $basedir/configs/*_defconfig | grep -v initramfs | grep -oE '\w+_defconfig$' | cut -d '_' -f 1)
     for b in $boards; do
diff --git a/configs/bananapim1_initramfs_defconfig b/configs/bananapim1_initramfs_defconfig
index 0ba2dbbb96..62a412d04a 100644
--- a/configs/bananapim1_initramfs_defconfig
+++ b/configs/bananapim1_initramfs_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 BR2_arm=y
 BR2_cortex_a7=y
 BR2_ARM_FPU_NEON_VFPV4=y
-BR2_DL_DIR="$(TOPDIR)/dl"
 BR2_CCACHE=y
 BR2_CCACHE_DIR="$(TOPDIR)/.buildroot-ccache-bananapim1-initramfs"
 BR2_OPTIMIZE_2=y
@@ -9,6 +8,9 @@ BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
 BR2_TARGET_OPTIMIZATION="-pipe"
 BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="board/common/overlay-initramfs board/bananapim1/overlay-initramfs"
 BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG="board/common/busybox_initramfs.config"
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS=y
+# BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_FSCK is not set
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_RESIZE2FS=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_UIMAGE=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
diff --git a/configs/nanopineo2_initramfs_defconfig b/configs/nanopineo2_initramfs_defconfig
index 9d15808dac..9daee1d6d9 100644
--- a/configs/nanopineo2_initramfs_defconfig
+++ b/configs/nanopineo2_initramfs_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
 BR2_TARGET_OPTIMIZATION="-pipe"
 BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="board/common/overlay-initramfs board/nanopineo2/overlay-initramfs"
 BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG="board/common/busybox_initramfs.config"
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS=y
+# BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_FSCK is not set
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_RESIZE2FS=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_GZIP=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_UIMAGE=y
diff --git a/configs/nanopineo_initramfs_defconfig b/configs/nanopineo_initramfs_defconfig
index bfd5c6b94f..072a55a532 100644
--- a/configs/nanopineo_initramfs_defconfig
+++ b/configs/nanopineo_initramfs_defconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
 BR2_TARGET_OPTIMIZATION="-pipe"
 BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="board/common/overlay-initramfs board/nanopineo/overlay-initramfs"
 BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG="board/common/busybox_initramfs.config"
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS=y
+# BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_FSCK is not set
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_RESIZE2FS=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_GZIP=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_UIMAGE=y
diff --git a/configs/odroidc1_initramfs_defconfig b/configs/odroidc1_initramfs_defconfig
index ab305adae0..0f5b191097 100644
--- a/configs/odroidc1_initramfs_defconfig
+++ b/configs/odroidc1_initramfs_defconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ BR2_cortex_a5=y
 BR2_ARM_ENABLE_NEON=y
 BR2_ARM_ENABLE_VFP=y
 BR2_ARM_FPU_NEON_VFPV4=y
-BR2_DL_DIR="$(TOPDIR)/dl"
 BR2_CCACHE=y
 BR2_CCACHE_DIR="$(TOPDIR)/.buildroot-ccache-odroidc1-initramfs"
 BR2_OPTIMIZE_2=y
@@ -19,6 +18,9 @@ BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CXX=y
 BR2_TARGET_OPTIMIZATION="-pipe"
 BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="board/common/overlay-initramfs board/odroidc1/overlay-initramfs"
 BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG="board/common/busybox_initramfs.config"
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS=y
+# BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_FSCK is not set
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_RESIZE2FS=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_UIMAGE=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
diff --git a/configs/odroidc2_initramfs_defconfig b/configs/odroidc2_initramfs_defconfig
index 1168a5c6c5..e6cf4cafe6 100644
--- a/configs/odroidc2_initramfs_defconfig
+++ b/configs/odroidc2_initramfs_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 BR2_aarch64=y
-BR2_DL_DIR="$(TOPDIR)/dl"
 BR2_CCACHE=y
 BR2_CCACHE_DIR="$(TOPDIR)/.buildroot-ccache-odroidc2-initramfs"
 BR2_OPTIMIZE_2=y
@@ -7,6 +6,9 @@ BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
 BR2_TARGET_OPTIMIZATION="-pipe"
 BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="board/common/overlay-initramfs board/odroidc2/overlay-initramfs"
 BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG="board/common/busybox_initramfs.config"
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS=y
+# BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_FSCK is not set
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_RESIZE2FS=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_UIMAGE=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
diff --git a/configs/odroidxu4_initramfs_defconfig b/configs/odroidxu4_initramfs_defconfig
index 60b17fd790..df5f8be426 100644
--- a/configs/odroidxu4_initramfs_defconfig
+++ b/configs/odroidxu4_initramfs_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 BR2_arm=y
 BR2_cortex_a7=y
 BR2_ARM_FPU_NEON_VFPV4=y
-BR2_DL_DIR="$(TOPDIR)/dl"
 BR2_CCACHE=y
 BR2_CCACHE_DIR="$(TOPDIR)/.buildroot-ccache-odroidxu4-initramfs"
 BR2_OPTIMIZE_2=y
@@ -9,6 +8,9 @@ BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
 BR2_TARGET_OPTIMIZATION="-pipe"
 BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="board/common/overlay-initramfs board/odroidxu4/overlay-initramfs"
 BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG="board/common/busybox_initramfs.config"
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS=y
+# BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_FSCK is not set
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_RESIZE2FS=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_UIMAGE=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
diff --git a/configs/orangepione_initramfs_defconfig b/configs/orangepione_initramfs_defconfig
index 672bf0a3f5..e0cfc253fa 100644
--- a/configs/orangepione_initramfs_defconfig
+++ b/configs/orangepione_initramfs_defconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
 BR2_TARGET_OPTIMIZATION="-pipe"
 BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="board/common/overlay-initramfs board/orangepione/overlay-initramfs"
 BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG="board/common/busybox_initramfs.config"
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS=y
+# BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_FSCK is not set
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_RESIZE2FS=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_GZIP=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_UIMAGE=y
diff --git a/configs/pine64_initramfs_defconfig b/configs/pine64_initramfs_defconfig
index 118c761ef7..3a942d5819 100644
--- a/configs/pine64_initramfs_defconfig
+++ b/configs/pine64_initramfs_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 BR2_aarch64=y
-BR2_DL_DIR="$(TOPDIR)/dl"
 BR2_CCACHE=y
 BR2_CCACHE_DIR="$(TOPDIR)/.buildroot-ccache-pine64-initramfs"
 BR2_OPTIMIZE_2=y
@@ -7,7 +6,9 @@ BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
 BR2_TARGET_OPTIMIZATION="-pipe"
 BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="board/common/overlay-initramfs board/pine64/overlay-initramfs"
 BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG="board/common/busybox_initramfs.config"
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS=y
+# BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_FSCK is not set
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_RESIZE2FS=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_UIMAGE=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
-
diff --git a/configs/raspberrypi2_initramfs_defconfig b/configs/raspberrypi2_initramfs_defconfig
deleted file mode 120000
index b5e177d02e..0000000000
--- a/configs/raspberrypi2_initramfs_defconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-raspberrypi_initramfs_defconfig
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/configs/raspberrypi2_initramfs_defconfig b/configs/raspberrypi2_initramfs_defconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b7f24ba72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/raspberrypi2_initramfs_defconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+BR2_arm=y
+BR2_arm1176jzf_s=y
+BR2_CCACHE=y
+BR2_CCACHE_DIR="$(TOPDIR)/.buildroot-ccache-raspberrypi-initramfs"
+BR2_OPTIMIZE_2=y
+BR2_STATIC_LIBS=y
+BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_4_4=y
+# BR2_UCLIBC_INSTALL_UTILS is not set
+BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_31_X=y
+BR2_GCC_VERSION_5_X=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_CXX=y
+BR2_TARGET_OPTIMIZATION="-pipe"
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME=""
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE=""
+BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="board/common/overlay-initramfs board/raspberrypi/overlay-initramfs"
+BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG="board/common/busybox_initramfs.config"
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS=y
+# BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_FSCK is not set
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_RESIZE2FS=y
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO=y
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_GZIP=y
+# BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
diff --git a/configs/raspberrypi3_initramfs_defconfig b/configs/raspberrypi3_initramfs_defconfig
deleted file mode 120000
index b5e177d02e..0000000000
--- a/configs/raspberrypi3_initramfs_defconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-raspberrypi_initramfs_defconfig
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/configs/raspberrypi3_initramfs_defconfig b/configs/raspberrypi3_initramfs_defconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b7f24ba72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/raspberrypi3_initramfs_defconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+BR2_arm=y
+BR2_arm1176jzf_s=y
+BR2_CCACHE=y
+BR2_CCACHE_DIR="$(TOPDIR)/.buildroot-ccache-raspberrypi-initramfs"
+BR2_OPTIMIZE_2=y
+BR2_STATIC_LIBS=y
+BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_4_4=y
+# BR2_UCLIBC_INSTALL_UTILS is not set
+BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_31_X=y
+BR2_GCC_VERSION_5_X=y
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_CXX=y
+BR2_TARGET_OPTIMIZATION="-pipe"
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME=""
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE=""
+BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="board/common/overlay-initramfs board/raspberrypi/overlay-initramfs"
+BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG="board/common/busybox_initramfs.config"
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS=y
+# BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_FSCK is not set
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_RESIZE2FS=y
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO=y
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_GZIP=y
+# BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
diff --git a/configs/raspberrypi_initramfs_defconfig b/configs/raspberrypi_initramfs_defconfig
index b55a26926b..2b7f24ba72 100644
--- a/configs/raspberrypi_initramfs_defconfig
+++ b/configs/raspberrypi_initramfs_defconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME=""
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE=""
 BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="board/common/overlay-initramfs board/raspberrypi/overlay-initramfs"
 BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG="board/common/busybox_initramfs.config"
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS=y
+# BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_FSCK is not set
+BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_RESIZE2FS=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_GZIP=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set