[gnome-continuous-yocto/gnomeostree-3.28-rocko: 3973/8267] dev-manual: Updated "Building an Initial RAM Filesystem (initramfs) Image" section
- From: Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnome-continuous-yocto/gnomeostree-3.28-rocko: 3973/8267] dev-manual: Updated "Building an Initial RAM Filesystem (initramfs) Image" section
- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 01:23:04 +0000 (UTC)
commit 4460bed6c2f9a36d5887113f7999a69cd84389db
Author: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark gmail com>
Date: Mon Jan 2 13:29:31 2017 -0800
dev-manual: Updated "Building an Initial RAM Filesystem (initramfs) Image" section
Fixes [YOCTO #7096]
Applied a couple review comments to the section to clarify where
to set key variables. Also fixed an incorrect variable name used
to specify the *.cpio file.
(From yocto-docs rev: 24861b36804cbd636aafc36b1918bcfe33ca3811)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark gmail com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard purdie linuxfoundation org>
.../dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | 17 +++++++++--------
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 49d8f5c..b2a2e32 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -5489,17 +5489,18 @@
<para>
To build an initramfs image and bundle it into the kernel, set the
- following variables:
+ <ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE'><filename>INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE</filename></ulink>
+ variable in your <filename>local.conf</filename> file, and set the
+ <ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-INITRAMFS_IMAGE'><filename>INITRAMFS_IMAGE</filename></ulink>
+ variable in your <filename>machine.conf</filename> file:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE = "1"
INITRAMFS_IMAGE = "<replaceable>image_recipe_name</replaceable>"
</literallayout>
- Setting the
- <ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE'><filename>INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE</filename></ulink>
- flag causes the initramfs created by the recipe
- and defined by
- <ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-INITRAMFS_IMAGE'><filename>INITRAMFS_IMAGE</filename></ulink>
- to be unpacked into the <filename>${B}/usr/</filename> directory.
+ Setting the <filename>INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE</filename>
+ flag causes the initramfs created by the recipe and defined by
+ <filename>INITRAMFS_IMAGE</filename> to be unpacked into the
+ <filename>${B}/usr/</filename> directory.
The unpacked initramfs is then passed to the kernel's
<filename>Makefile</filename> using the
<ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE'><filename>CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE</filename></ulink>
@@ -5528,7 +5529,7 @@
<filename>.cpio.xz</filename> file.
You can ensure you produce one of these <filename>.cpio.*</filename>
files by setting the
- <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-IMAGE_FSTYPES'><filename>IMAGE_FSTYPES</filename></ulink>
+ <ulink
url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-INITRAMFS_FSTYPES'><filename>INITRAMFS_FSTYPES</filename></ulink>
variable in your configuration file to one or more of the above
file types.
<note>
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