diff -ur genromfs-0.3.uclinux/genromfs.c genromfs-0.3/genromfs.c
--- genromfs-0.3.uclinux/genromfs.c	Sat Apr  1 18:04:47 2000
+++ genromfs-0.3/genromfs.c	Sun Apr  2 12:53:43 2000
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
 struct filenode;
 
 struct filehdr {
+	struct filenode *owner;
 	struct filenode *head;
 	struct filenode *tail;
 	struct filenode *tailpred;
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@
 struct filenode {
 	struct filenode *next;
 	struct filenode *prev;
+	struct filenode *parent;
 	struct filehdr dirlist;
 	struct filenode *orig_link;
 	char *name;
@@ -126,8 +128,14 @@
 	char pattern[0];
 };
 
-void initlist(struct filehdr *fh)
+struct excludes {
+	struct excludes *next;
+	char pattern[0];
+};
+
+void initlist(struct filehdr *fh, struct filenode *owner)
 {
+	fh->owner = owner;
 	fh->head = (struct filenode *)&fh->tail;
 	fh->tail = NULL;
 	fh->tailpred = (struct filenode *)&fh->head;
@@ -144,6 +152,7 @@
 
 	n->next = tail; n->prev = tail->prev;
 	tail->prev = n; n->prev->next =n;
+	n->parent = fh->owner;
 }
 
 void shownode(int level, struct filenode *node, FILE *f)
@@ -168,6 +177,7 @@
 static int atoffs = 0;
 static int align = 16;
 struct aligns *alignlist = NULL;
+struct excludes *excludelist = NULL;
 int realbase;
 
 int findalign(struct filenode *node)
@@ -445,7 +455,8 @@
 
 	node->realname = str;
 	node->next = node->prev = NULL;
-	initlist(&node->dirlist);
+	initlist(&node->dirlist, node);
+	node->parent = NULL;
 
 	node->ondev = -1;
 	node->onino = -1;
@@ -503,6 +514,7 @@
 	DIR *dirfd;
 	struct dirent *dp;
 	struct filenode *n, *link;
+	struct excludes *pe;
 
 	if (level <= 1) {
 		/* Ok, to make sure . and .. are handled correctly
@@ -513,6 +525,7 @@
 		if (!lstat(link->realname, sb)) {
 			setnode(link, sb->st_dev, sb->st_ino, sb->st_mode);
 			append(&dir->dirlist, link);
+			dir->dirlist.owner = link; /* special case for root node - '..'s in subdirs should link to '.' of root node, not root node itself. */
 			curroffset = alignnode(link, curroffset, 0) + spaceneeded(link);
 			n = newnode(base, "..", curroffset);
 			if (!lstat(n->realname, sb)) {
@@ -532,6 +545,22 @@
 		     || strcmp(dp->d_name, "..") == 0))
 			continue;
 		n = newnode(base, dp->d_name, curroffset);
+
+		/* Process exclude list. */
+		for (pe = excludelist; pe; pe = pe->next) {
+			if (pe->pattern[0] == '/') {
+				if (!fnmatch(pe->pattern, n->realname + realbase, FNM_PATHNAME|FNM_PERIOD)) {
+					freenode(n); break;
+				}
+			} else {
+				if (!fnmatch(pe->pattern, n->name, FNM_PATHNAME|FNM_PERIOD)) {
+					freenode(n); break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if (pe)
+			continue;
+
 		if (lstat(n->realname, sb)) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "ignoring '%s' (lstat failed)\n", n->realname);
 			freenode(n); continue;
@@ -555,8 +584,16 @@
 			freenode(n); continue;
 		}
 		/* Look up old links */
-		link = findnode(root, n->ondev, n->onino);
-		append(&dir->dirlist, n);
+		if (strcmp(n->name, ".") == 0) {
+			append(&dir->dirlist, n);
+			link = n->parent;
+		} else if (strcmp(n->name, "..") == 0) {
+			append(&dir->dirlist, n);
+			link = n->parent->parent;
+		} else {
+			link = findnode(root, n->ondev, n->onino);
+			append(&dir->dirlist, n);
+		}
 		if (link) {
 			n->orig_link = link;
 			curroffset = alignnode(n, curroffset, 0) + spaceneeded(n);
@@ -597,6 +634,7 @@
 	printf("  -V VOLUME              Use the specified volume name\n");
 	printf("  -a ALIGN               Align regular file data to ALIGN bytes\n");
 	printf("  -A ALIGN,PATTERN	 Align all objects matching pattern to at least ALIGN bytes\n");
+	printf("  -x PATTERN             Exclude all objects matching pattern\n");
 	printf("  -h                     Show this help\n");
 	printf("\n");
 	printf("Report bugs to chexum@shadow.banki.hu\n");
@@ -616,9 +654,10 @@
 	int i;
 	char *p;
 	struct aligns *pa, *pa2;
+	struct excludes *pe, *pe2;
 	FILE *f;
 
-	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "V:vd:f:ha:A:")) != EOF) {
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "V:vd:f:ha:A:x:")) != EOF) {
 		switch(c) {
 		case 'd':
 			dir = optarg;
@@ -663,6 +702,17 @@
 				pa2->next = pa;
 			}
 			break;
+		case 'x':
+			pe = (struct excludes *)malloc(sizeof(*pe) + strlen(optarg) + 1);
+			pe->next = NULL;
+			strcpy(pe->pattern, optarg);
+			if (!excludelist)
+				excludelist = pe;
+			else {
+				for (pe2 = excludelist; pe2->next; pe2 = pe2->next);
+				pe2->next = pe;
+			}
+			break;
 		default:
 			exit(1);
 		}
@@ -689,6 +739,7 @@
 	
 	realbase = strlen(dir);
 	root = newnode(dir, volname, 0);
+	root->parent = root;
 	lastoff = processdir (1, dir, dir, &sb, root, root, spaceneeded(root));
 	if (verbose)
 		shownode(0, root, stderr);