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| author | Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be> | 2012-11-06 13:41:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk> | 2012-11-07 11:48:13 +0100 |
| commit | 7e61918f9d5d3c5bc1fb435ae9e6c8013cf5ab07 (patch) | |
| tree | fd6489c24fa15762a00b00036c19a672d48ea02f /fs | |
| parent | 7103905fdeb4a92e4572045e16396e53cd1bf749 (diff) | |
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cpio/initramfs: clarify their use in the help text
Recent mails on the list show that it is not very clear how to create
an initial RAM fs with buildroot. So make this more explicit in the
cpio and initramfs help texts. Hopefully this will reduce the /init
debugging we have to do.
Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/cpio/Config.in | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/initramfs/Config.in | 2 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cpio/Config.in b/fs/cpio/Config.in index 374cfe0cd..0669a44e1 100644 --- a/fs/cpio/Config.in +++ b/fs/cpio/Config.in @@ -1,14 +1,19 @@ config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO - bool "cpio the root filesystem" + bool "cpio the root filesystem (for use as an initial RAM filesystem)" help - Build a cpio archive of the root filesystem + Build a cpio archive of the root filesystem. This is typically + used for an initial RAM filesystem that is passed to the kernel + by the bootloader. choice prompt "Compression method" default BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_NONE depends on BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO help - Select compressor for cpio filesystem of the root filesystem + Select compressor for cpio filesystem of the root filesystem. + If you use the cpio archive as an initial RAM filesystem, make + sure the kernel contains the decompression algorithm selected + here. config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_NONE bool "no compression" diff --git a/fs/initramfs/Config.in b/fs/initramfs/Config.in index bbc2ab0b7..22066eef9 100644 --- a/fs/initramfs/Config.in +++ b/fs/initramfs/Config.in @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS - bool "initramfs for initial ramdisk of linux kernel" + bool "initial RAM filesystem linked into linux kernel" depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL select BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO help |