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| author | Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> | 2024-03-30 18:56:12 +0100 |
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| committer | Steve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com> | 2024-04-19 04:50:40 -0700 |
| commit | 364c5c906e20e8c3a5dc93309281b52ed92dc351 (patch) | |
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manuals: remove tab characters
As reported by "make sphinx-lint"
Tabs are even removed in Makefile examples,
as Sphinx turns them to spaces anyway in the generated output.
(From yocto-docs rev: fd1423141e7458ba557db465c171b0b4e9063987)
Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@theobroma-systems.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com>
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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst index bc09613db7..2b9bccb4a9 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst | |||
| @@ -226,23 +226,23 @@ universal, the list includes them just in case: | |||
| 226 | 226 | ||
| 227 | As far as bootloaders are concerned, :term:`Initramfs` and "initrd" | 227 | As far as bootloaders are concerned, :term:`Initramfs` and "initrd" |
| 228 | images are still copied to RAM in the same way. That's why most | 228 | images are still copied to RAM in the same way. That's why most |
| 229 | most bootloaders refer to :term:`Initramfs` images as "initrd" | 229 | most bootloaders refer to :term:`Initramfs` images as "initrd" |
| 230 | or "init RAM disk". | 230 | or "init RAM disk". |
| 231 | 231 | ||
| 232 | This kind of mechanism is typically used for two reasons: | 232 | This kind of mechanism is typically used for two reasons: |
| 233 | 233 | ||
| 234 | - For booting the same kernel binary on multiple systems requiring | 234 | - For booting the same kernel binary on multiple systems requiring |
| 235 | different device drivers. The :term:`Initramfs` image is then customized | 235 | different device drivers. The :term:`Initramfs` image is then customized |
| 236 | for each type of system, to include the specific kernel modules | 236 | for each type of system, to include the specific kernel modules |
| 237 | necessary to access the final root filesystem. This technique | 237 | necessary to access the final root filesystem. This technique |
| 238 | is used on all GNU / Linux distributions for desktops and servers. | 238 | is used on all GNU / Linux distributions for desktops and servers. |
| 239 | 239 | ||
| 240 | - For booting faster. As the root filesystem is extracted into RAM, | 240 | - For booting faster. As the root filesystem is extracted into RAM, |
| 241 | accessing the first user-space applications is very fast, compared | 241 | accessing the first user-space applications is very fast, compared |
| 242 | to having to initialize a block device, to access multiple blocks | 242 | to having to initialize a block device, to access multiple blocks |
| 243 | from it, and to go through a filesystem having its own overhead. | 243 | from it, and to go through a filesystem having its own overhead. |
| 244 | For example, this allows to display a splashscreen very early, | 244 | For example, this allows to display a splashscreen very early, |
| 245 | and to later take care of mounting the final root filesystem and | 245 | and to later take care of mounting the final root filesystem and |
| 246 | loading less time-critical kernel drivers. | 246 | loading less time-critical kernel drivers. |
| 247 | 247 | ||
| 248 | This cpio archive can either be loaded to RAM by the bootloader, | 248 | This cpio archive can either be loaded to RAM by the bootloader, |
