From: H. Peter Anvin Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 09:37:36 +0000 (-0800) Subject: [PATCH] Update documentation for BLK_DEV_INITRD to match current usage X-Git-Tag: v2.6.17-rc1~620 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1751ace034bba6b423c1de4668f0e65cc9ef2b84;p=linux-2.6 [PATCH] Update documentation for BLK_DEV_INITRD to match current usage Cc: Al Viro Cc: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Zdenek Pavlas Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig index e57ac5a432..875ae76990 100644 --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig @@ -400,13 +400,16 @@ config BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE 8192. config BLK_DEV_INITRD - bool "Initial RAM disk (initrd) support" + bool "Initial RAM filesystem and RAM disk (initramfs/initrd) support" help - The initial RAM disk is a RAM disk that is loaded by the boot loader - (loadlin or lilo) and that is mounted as root before the normal boot - procedure. It is typically used to load modules needed to mount the - "real" root file system, etc. See - for details. + The initial RAM filesystem is a ramfs which is loaded by the + boot loader (loadlin or lilo) and that is mounted as root + before the normal boot procedure. It is typically used to + load modules needed to mount the "real" root file system, + etc. See for details. + + If RAM disk support (BLK_DEV_RAM) is also included, this + also enables initial RAM disk (initrd) support. config CDROM_PKTCDVD