From 9dbd27a48aec4aaf235af91a3b7397725b644463 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Opdenacker Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:30:56 +0200 Subject: manuals: improve initramfs details MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit - Create a new entry in the glossary - Add implementation details - Replace the mention of "init ramdisk" by "initramfs¨ whenever possible - Remove obsolete and duplicate information - Fix spacing issues in the Sphinx code (From yocto-docs rev: 952c7e6dee49532705b2c162f4728e635c38df3f) Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/dev-manual/qemu.rst | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/dev-manual/qemu.rst') diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/qemu.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/qemu.rst index 88a63c1808..9f4bc264a3 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/qemu.rst +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/qemu.rst @@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ available. Follow these general steps to run QEMU: $ runqemu qemux86-64 core-image-minimal ext4 - - This example specifies to boot an initial RAM disk image and to - enable audio in QEMU. For this case, ``runqemu`` set the internal - variable ``FSTYPE`` to "cpio.gz". Also, for audio to be enabled, + - This example specifies to boot an :term:`Initramfs` image and to + enable audio in QEMU. For this case, ``runqemu`` sets the internal + variable ``FSTYPE`` to ``cpio.gz``. Also, for audio to be enabled, an appropriate driver must be installed (see the previous description for the ``audio`` option for more information). :: @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ command line: options are basically identical. If you do not provide a MACHINE option, ``runqemu`` tries to determine it based on other options. -- ``ramfs``: Indicates you are booting an initial RAM disk (initramfs) +- ``ramfs``: Indicates you are booting an :term:`Initramfs` image, which means the ``FSTYPE`` is ``cpio.gz``. - ``iso``: Indicates you are booting an ISO image, which means the -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf