[gnome-continuous-yocto/gnomeostree-3.28-rocko: 1955/8267] ref-manual: Updated the INITRAMFS_FSTYPES variable.



commit 4fc256d14516361c3235c932027fac765250a231
Author: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark gmail com>
Date:   Fri Jul 29 11:24:43 2016 -0700

    ref-manual: Updated the INITRAMFS_FSTYPES variable.
    
    Fixes [YOCTO #10012]
    
    Added a new paragraph to the end explaining the default behavior.
    
    (From yocto-docs rev: 1591f96fc04f64906145f272d205ec6c44ac70c0)
    
    Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark gmail com>
    Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard purdie linuxfoundation org>

 documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml |   11 +++++++++++
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 973a761..c7f1122 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -6073,6 +6073,17 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     <link linkend='var-IMAGE_FSTYPES'><filename>IMAGE_FSTYPES</filename></link>
                     variable.
                 </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    The default value of this variable, which is set in the
+                    <filename>meta/conf/bitbake.conf</filename> configuration
+                    file in the
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>,
+                    is "cpio.gz".
+                    The Linux kernel's initramfs mechanism, as opposed to the
+                    initrd mechanism, expects an optionally compressed cpio
+                    archive.
+                </para>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
 


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