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-rw-r--r--packages/images/initramfs-bootmenu-image.bb5
-rw-r--r--packages/images/initramfs-image.bb4
-rw-r--r--packages/images/initramfs-kexec-image.bb9
-rw-r--r--packages/images/initramfs-minimal-image.bb2
4 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/packages/images/initramfs-bootmenu-image.bb b/packages/images/initramfs-bootmenu-image.bb
index a495363661..b94cc232cd 100644
--- a/packages/images/initramfs-bootmenu-image.bb
+++ b/packages/images/initramfs-bootmenu-image.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-# Sample initramfs image
+# initramfs image with interactive boot menu allowing to select rootfs location
+# from choices of block devices, loopback images and NFS.
-IMAGE_INSTALL = "busybox-static initramfs-module-bootmenu"
+IMAGE_INSTALL = "busybox-static initramfs-module-bootmenu initramfs-module-check-modules"
IMAGE_LINGUAS = ""
# Remove any kernel-image that the kernel-module-* packages may have pulled in.
diff --git a/packages/images/initramfs-image.bb b/packages/images/initramfs-image.bb
index 3103b9f765..162e6676d7 100644
--- a/packages/images/initramfs-image.bb
+++ b/packages/images/initramfs-image.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# Sample initramfs image
+# initramfs image allowing to boot from location as specified on kernel
+# command line, from teh choices of block device, loop back images (including
+# recursive) and NFS.
IMAGE_INSTALL = "initramfs-module-block initramfs-module-loop initramfs-module-nfs"
IMAGE_LINGUAS = ""
diff --git a/packages/images/initramfs-kexec-image.bb b/packages/images/initramfs-kexec-image.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4f4930286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/images/initramfs-kexec-image.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#initramfs image which mounts the rootfilesystem and kexecs a kernel from there
+
+inherit image
+
+export IMAGE_BASENAME = "initramfs-kexec-image"
+
+IMAGE_INSTALL = "klibc-utils-static-sh klibc-utils-static-mount kexec-static initramfs-kexec"
+IMAGE_FSTYPES += " cpio.gz"
+IMAGE_LINGUAS = ""
diff --git a/packages/images/initramfs-minimal-image.bb b/packages/images/initramfs-minimal-image.bb
index d696468913..cb323ddd50 100644
--- a/packages/images/initramfs-minimal-image.bb
+++ b/packages/images/initramfs-minimal-image.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Sample initramfs image
+# Sample initramfs image, very minimal
IMAGE_INSTALL = "initramfs-module-nfs busybox-static"