| Sam Ravnborg | dbec486 | 2005-08-10 20:44:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # | 
 | 2 | # Configuration for initramfs | 
 | 3 | # | 
 | 4 |  | 
 | 5 | config INITRAMFS_SOURCE | 
 | 6 | 	string "Initramfs source file(s)" | 
 | 7 | 	default "" | 
 | 8 | 	help | 
 | 9 | 	  This can be either a single cpio archive with a .cpio suffix or a | 
 | 10 | 	  space-separated list of directories and files for building the | 
 | 11 | 	  initramfs image.  A cpio archive should contain a filesystem archive | 
 | 12 | 	  to be used as an initramfs image.  Directories should contain a | 
 | 13 | 	  filesystem layout to be included in the initramfs image.  Files | 
 | 14 | 	  should contain entries according to the format described by the | 
 | 15 | 	  "usr/gen_init_cpio" program in the kernel tree. | 
 | 16 |  | 
 | 17 | 	  When multiple directories and files are specified then the | 
 | 18 | 	  initramfs image will be the aggregate of all of them. | 
 | 19 |  | 
| Alexander E. Patrakov | 0979f37 | 2007-03-16 18:01:45 +0500 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | 	  See <file:Documentation/early-userspace/README> for more details. | 
| Sam Ravnborg | dbec486 | 2005-08-10 20:44:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 21 |  | 
 | 22 | 	  If you are not sure, leave it blank. | 
 | 23 |  | 
 | 24 | config INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID | 
 | 25 | 	int "User ID to map to 0 (user root)" | 
 | 26 | 	depends on INITRAMFS_SOURCE!="" | 
 | 27 | 	default "0" | 
 | 28 | 	help | 
 | 29 | 	  This setting is only meaningful if the INITRAMFS_SOURCE is | 
 | 30 | 	  contains a directory.  Setting this user ID (UID) to something | 
 | 31 | 	  other than "0" will cause all files owned by that UID to be | 
 | 32 | 	  owned by user root in the initial ramdisk image. | 
 | 33 |  | 
 | 34 | 	  If you are not sure, leave it set to "0". | 
 | 35 |  | 
 | 36 | config INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID | 
 | 37 | 	int "Group ID to map to 0 (group root)" | 
 | 38 | 	depends on INITRAMFS_SOURCE!="" | 
 | 39 | 	default "0" | 
 | 40 | 	help | 
 | 41 | 	  This setting is only meaningful if the INITRAMFS_SOURCE is | 
 | 42 | 	  contains a directory.  Setting this group ID (GID) to something | 
 | 43 | 	  other than "0" will cause all files owned by that GID to be | 
 | 44 | 	  owned by group root in the initial ramdisk image. | 
 | 45 |  | 
 | 46 | 	  If you are not sure, leave it set to "0". | 
| H. Peter Anvin | fb9a4ca | 2009-01-07 00:03:49 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 47 |  | 
 | 48 | config RD_GZIP | 
| H. Peter Anvin | 337bed4 | 2009-03-28 16:07:13 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | 	bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using gzip" if EMBEDDED | 
| H. Peter Anvin | fb9a4ca | 2009-01-07 00:03:49 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | 	default y | 
| H. Peter Anvin | 73d8a12 | 2009-03-28 15:49:08 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | 	depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD | 
| H. Peter Anvin | fb9a4ca | 2009-01-07 00:03:49 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | 	select DECOMPRESS_GZIP | 
 | 53 | 	help | 
 | 54 | 	  Support loading of a gzip encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer. | 
 | 55 | 	  If unsure, say Y. | 
 | 56 |  | 
 | 57 | config RD_BZIP2 | 
| H. Peter Anvin | 337bed4 | 2009-03-28 16:07:13 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | 	bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using bzip2" if EMBEDDED | 
| H. Peter Anvin | 73d8a12 | 2009-03-28 15:49:08 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 59 | 	default !EMBEDDED | 
 | 60 | 	depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD | 
| H. Peter Anvin | fb9a4ca | 2009-01-07 00:03:49 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | 	select DECOMPRESS_BZIP2 | 
 | 62 | 	help | 
 | 63 | 	  Support loading of a bzip2 encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer | 
 | 64 | 	  If unsure, say N. | 
 | 65 |  | 
 | 66 | config RD_LZMA | 
| H. Peter Anvin | 55d1d26 | 2009-03-28 16:10:59 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | 	bool "Support initial ramdisks compressed using LZMA" if EMBEDDED | 
| H. Peter Anvin | 73d8a12 | 2009-03-28 15:49:08 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 68 | 	default !EMBEDDED | 
 | 69 | 	depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD | 
| H. Peter Anvin | fb9a4ca | 2009-01-07 00:03:49 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | 	select DECOMPRESS_LZMA | 
 | 71 | 	help | 
| H. Peter Anvin | 55d1d26 | 2009-03-28 16:10:59 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 72 | 	  Support loading of a LZMA encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer | 
| H. Peter Anvin | fb9a4ca | 2009-01-07 00:03:49 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 73 | 	  If unsure, say N. | 
| Alain Knaff | ab76f3d | 2009-02-19 13:43:51 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 74 |  | 
 | 75 | choice | 
| H. Peter Anvin | 1359096 | 2009-03-31 12:24:17 -0700 | [diff] [blame^] | 76 | 	prompt "Built-in initramfs compression mode" if INITRAMFS_SOURCE!="" | 
| Alain Knaff | ab76f3d | 2009-02-19 13:43:51 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 77 | 	help | 
| H. Peter Anvin | 4029792 | 2009-03-28 17:24:03 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 78 | 	  This option decides by which algorithm the builtin initramfs | 
 | 79 | 	  will be compressed.  Several compression algorithms are | 
 | 80 | 	  available, which differ in efficiency, compression and | 
 | 81 | 	  decompression speed.  Compression speed is only relevant | 
 | 82 | 	  when building a kernel.  Decompression speed is relevant at | 
 | 83 | 	  each boot. | 
| Alain Knaff | ab76f3d | 2009-02-19 13:43:51 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 84 |  | 
| H. Peter Anvin | 55d1d26 | 2009-03-28 16:10:59 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 85 | 	  If you have any problems with bzip2 or LZMA compressed | 
| Alain Knaff | ab76f3d | 2009-02-19 13:43:51 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 86 | 	  initramfs, mail me (Alain Knaff) <alain@knaff.lu>. | 
 | 87 |  | 
| H. Peter Anvin | 4029792 | 2009-03-28 17:24:03 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 88 | 	  High compression options are mostly useful for users who are | 
 | 89 | 	  low on RAM, since it reduces the memory consumption during | 
 | 90 | 	  boot. | 
| Alain Knaff | ab76f3d | 2009-02-19 13:43:51 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 91 |  | 
 | 92 | 	  If in doubt, select 'gzip' | 
 | 93 |  | 
 | 94 | config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE | 
 | 95 | 	bool "None" | 
 | 96 | 	help | 
 | 97 | 	  Do not compress the built-in initramfs at all. This may | 
 | 98 | 	  sound wasteful in space, but, you should be aware that the | 
 | 99 | 	  built-in initramfs will be compressed at a later stage | 
 | 100 | 	  anyways along with the rest of the kernel, on those | 
 | 101 | 	  architectures that support this. | 
 | 102 | 	  However, not compressing the initramfs may lead to slightly | 
 | 103 | 	  higher memory consumption during a short time at boot, while | 
 | 104 | 	  both the cpio image and the unpacked filesystem image will | 
 | 105 | 	  be present in memory simultaneously | 
 | 106 |  | 
 | 107 | config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_GZIP | 
 | 108 | 	bool "Gzip" | 
 | 109 | 	depends on RD_GZIP | 
 | 110 | 	help | 
 | 111 | 	  The old and tried gzip compression. Its compression ratio is | 
 | 112 | 	  the poorest among the 3 choices; however its speed (both | 
 | 113 | 	  compression and decompression) is the fastest. | 
 | 114 |  | 
 | 115 | config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_BZIP2 | 
 | 116 | 	bool "Bzip2" | 
 | 117 | 	depends on RD_BZIP2 | 
 | 118 | 	help | 
 | 119 | 	  Its compression ratio and speed is intermediate. | 
 | 120 | 	  Decompression speed is slowest among the three.  The initramfs | 
 | 121 | 	  size is about 10% smaller with bzip2, in comparison to gzip. | 
 | 122 | 	  Bzip2 uses a large amount of memory. For modern kernels you | 
 | 123 | 	  will need at least 8MB RAM or more for booting. | 
 | 124 |  | 
 | 125 | config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA | 
 | 126 | 	bool "LZMA" | 
 | 127 | 	depends on RD_LZMA | 
 | 128 | 	help | 
 | 129 | 	  The most recent compression algorithm. | 
 | 130 | 	  Its ratio is best, decompression speed is between the other | 
 | 131 | 	  two. Compression is slowest.	The initramfs size is about 33% | 
 | 132 | 	  smaller with LZMA in comparison to gzip. | 
 | 133 |  | 
 | 134 | endchoice |