[gnome-continuous-yocto/gnomeostree-3.28-rocko: 6724/8267] ref-manual: Cleaned up the description of INITRAMFS_IMAGE variable.
- From: Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnome-continuous-yocto/gnomeostree-3.28-rocko: 6724/8267] ref-manual: Cleaned up the description of INITRAMFS_IMAGE variable.
- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 05:14:48 +0000 (UTC)
commit aa1162685fd383d0e0c062f63105f624bdef5027
Author: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark gmail com>
Date: Tue Jul 4 16:19:31 2017 -0700
ref-manual: Cleaned up the description of INITRAMFS_IMAGE variable.
(From yocto-docs rev: a85647193c202fcd36c70122240b54aa5672c895)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark gmail com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard purdie linuxfoundation org>
documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 46 ++++++++++++++++------------
1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 45fb55e..ff8f4e7 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -6479,24 +6479,30 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
<link linkend='var-PROVIDES'><filename>PROVIDES</filename></link>
name of an image recipe that is used to build an initial
RAM filesystem (initramfs) image.
- An initramfs provides a temporary root filesystem used for
- early system initialization (e.g. loading of modules
- needed to locate and mount the "real" root filesystem).
- The specified recipe is added as a dependency of the root
- filesystem recipe (e.g.
- <filename>core-image-sato</filename>).
- See the <filename>meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal-initramfs.bb</filename>
- recipe in the
- <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>
- for an example initramfs recipe.
- To select this recipe to provide the initramfs,
- set <filename>INITRAMFS_IMAGE</filename> to
- "core-image-minimal-initramfs".
+ In other words, the <filename>INITRAMFS_IMAGE</filename>
+ variable causes an additional recipe to be built as
+ a dependency to whatever root filesystem recipe you
+ might be using (e.g. <filename>core-image-sato</filename>).
+ The initramfs image recipe you provide should set
+ <link linkend='var-IMAGE_FSTYPES'><filename>IMAGE_FSTYPES</filename></link>
+ to
+ <link linkend='var-INITRAMFS_FSTYPES'><filename>INITRAMFS_FSTYPES</filename></link>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ An initramfs image provides a temporary root filesystem
+ used for early system initialization (e.g. loading of
+ modules needed to locate and mount the "real" root
+ filesystem).
<note>
- The initramfs image recipe should set
- <link linkend='var-IMAGE_FSTYPES'><filename>IMAGE_FSTYPES</filename></link>
- to
- <link linkend='var-INITRAMFS_FSTYPES'><filename>INITRAMFS_FSTYPES</filename></link>.
+ See the <filename>meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal-initramfs.bb</filename>
+ recipe in the
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>
+ for an example initramfs recipe.
+ To select this sample recipe as the one bulit
+ to provide the initramfs image,
+ set <filename>INITRAMFS_IMAGE</filename> to
+ "core-image-minimal-initramfs".
</note>
</para>
@@ -6515,7 +6521,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
<para>
If <filename>INITRAMFS_IMAGE</filename> is empty, which is
- the default, then no initramfs is built.
+ the default, then no initramfs image is built.
</para>
<para>
@@ -6523,8 +6529,8 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
<link
linkend='var-INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE'><filename>INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE</filename></link>
variable, which allows the generated image to be bundled
inside the kernel image.
- Additionally, for information on creating an initramfs, see
- the
+ Additionally, for information on creating an initramfs
+ image, see the
"<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#building-an-initramfs-image'>Building an Initial RAM
Filesystem (initramfs) Image</ulink>"
section in the Yocto Project Development Manual.
</para>
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