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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 9e5bab29685f..911c54829c7c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -5452,7 +5452,12 @@ port and the regular usb controller gets disabled. root= [KNL] Root filesystem - See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c. + Usually this a a block device specifier of some kind, + see the early_lookup_bdev comment in + block/early-lookup.c for details. + Alternatively this can be "ram" for the legacy initial + ramdisk, "nfs" and "cifs" for root on a network file + system, or "mtd" and "ubi" for mounting from raw flash. rootdelay= [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to mount the root filesystem |