From 1751ace034bba6b423c1de4668f0e65cc9ef2b84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 01:37:36 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [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 --- drivers/block/Kconfig | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) 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 -- 2.39.5