Commit 7e61918f authored by Arnout Vandecappelle's avatar Arnout Vandecappelle Committed by Peter Korsgaard
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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: default avatarArnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
parent 7103905f

fs/cpio/Config.in

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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"

fs/initramfs/Config.in

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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