| 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 |