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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-07-29 11:24:43 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-08-18 23:50:45 +0100 |
| commit | 4fc256d14516361c3235c932027fac765250a231 (patch) | |
| tree | f6a8015e08f6e1811298cd6bc4f3297901c7714c /documentation | |
| parent | ffdba3fafbe05278cd85ec1100f090b52a670708 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-4fc256d14516361c3235c932027fac765250a231.tar.gz | |
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | 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 973a761b95..c7f1122fd4 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> |