cpio/initramfs: clarify their use in the help text

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>

diff --git a/fs/cpio/Config.in b/fs/cpio/Config.in
index 374cfe0cd5d0440674fb5d65b6c435afc13159b0..0669a44e17ba6287d5f867657fe694900cffb943 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/cpio/Config.in
+++ b/fs/cpio/Config.in
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO
-       bool "cpio the root filesystem"
+       bool "cpio the root filesystem (for use as an initial RAM filesystem)"
        help
-         Build a cpio archive of the root filesystem
+         Build a cpio archive of the root filesystem.  This is typically
+         used for an initial RAM filesystem that is passed to the kernel
+         by the bootloader.
 
 choice
         prompt "Compression method"
         default BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_NONE
         depends on BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO
         help
-          Select compressor for cpio filesystem of the root filesystem
+          Select compressor for cpio filesystem of the root filesystem.
+          If you use the cpio archive as an initial RAM filesystem, make
+          sure the kernel contains the decompression algorithm selected
+          here.
 
 config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_NONE
         bool "no compression"

diff --git a/fs/initramfs/Config.in b/fs/initramfs/Config.in
index bbc2ab0b72e789808ffaf10da41fed30deb91bd2..22066eef9615e1055bd02ce143d72c2d4a6d3208 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/initramfs/Config.in
+++ b/fs/initramfs/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS
-       bool "initramfs for initial ramdisk of linux kernel"
+       bool "initial RAM filesystem linked into linux kernel"
        depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
        select BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO
        help