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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-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 |