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Recent mails on the list show that it is not very clear how to create an initial RAM fs with buildroot. So make this more explicit in the cpio and initramfs help texts. Hopefully this will reduce the /init debugging we have to do. Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
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config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO
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bool "cpio the root filesystem (for use as an initial RAM filesystem)"
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help
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Build a cpio archive of the root filesystem. This is typically
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used for an initial RAM filesystem that is passed to the kernel
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by the bootloader.
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choice
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prompt "Compression method"
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default BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_NONE
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depends on BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO
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help
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Select compressor for cpio filesystem of the root filesystem.
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If you use the cpio archive as an initial RAM filesystem, make
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sure the kernel contains the decompression algorithm selected
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here.
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config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_NONE
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bool "no compression"
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help
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Do not compress the cpio filesystem.
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config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_GZIP
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bool "gzip"
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help
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Do compress the cpio filesystem with gzip.
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config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_BZIP2
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bool "bzip2"
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help
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Do compress the cpio filesystem with bzip2.
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config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_LZMA
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bool "lzma"
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help
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Do compress the cpio filesystem with lzma.
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endchoice
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