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| -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 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 <file:Documentation/initrd.txt> - 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 <file:Documentation/initrd.txt> for details. + + If RAM disk support (BLK_DEV_RAM) is also included, this + also enables initial RAM disk (initrd) support. config CDROM_PKTCDVD |
