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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> |