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author | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2006-03-26 04:37:36 -0500 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-03-26 11:56:58 -0500 |
commit | 1751ace034bba6b423c1de4668f0e65cc9ef2b84 (patch) | |
tree | 3547409d6f919a459e3d79b02ff0903235b31616 /drivers/block | |
parent | 5ff2a7e25ddd648e9096d45cdc5e7d656a8bb0ff (diff) |
[PATCH] Update documentation for BLK_DEV_INITRD to match current usage
Cc: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Zdenek Pavlas <pavlas@nextra.cz>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/block')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/block/Kconfig | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig index e57ac5a43246..875ae7699025 100644 --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig | |||
@@ -400,13 +400,16 @@ config BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE | |||
400 | 8192. | 400 | 8192. |
401 | 401 | ||
402 | config BLK_DEV_INITRD | 402 | config BLK_DEV_INITRD |
403 | bool "Initial RAM disk (initrd) support" | 403 | bool "Initial RAM filesystem and RAM disk (initramfs/initrd) support" |
404 | help | 404 | help |
405 | The initial RAM disk is a RAM disk that is loaded by the boot loader | 405 | The initial RAM filesystem is a ramfs which is loaded by the |
406 | (loadlin or lilo) and that is mounted as root before the normal boot | 406 | boot loader (loadlin or lilo) and that is mounted as root |
407 | procedure. It is typically used to load modules needed to mount the | 407 | before the normal boot procedure. It is typically used to |
408 | "real" root file system, etc. See <file:Documentation/initrd.txt> | 408 | load modules needed to mount the "real" root file system, |
409 | for details. | 409 | etc. See <file:Documentation/initrd.txt> for details. |
410 | |||
411 | If RAM disk support (BLK_DEV_RAM) is also included, this | ||
412 | also enables initial RAM disk (initrd) support. | ||
410 | 413 | ||
411 | 414 | ||
412 | config CDROM_PKTCDVD | 415 | config CDROM_PKTCDVD |