docs: Support for loading and concatenating multiple initrds

This has been available since January of 2012 but has not been documented.

Signed-off-by: Glenn Washburn <development@efficientek.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
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Glenn Washburn 2020-07-31 09:33:21 -05:00 committed by Daniel Kiper
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@ -4497,22 +4497,22 @@ about each of the commands whose names begin with those @var{patterns}.
@node initrd
@subsection initrd
@deffn Command initrd file
Load an initial ramdisk for a Linux kernel image, and set the appropriate
parameters in the Linux setup area in memory. This may only be used after
the @command{linux} command (@pxref{linux}) has been run. See also
@ref{GNU/Linux}.
@deffn Command initrd file [file @dots{}]
Load, in order, all initial ramdisks for a Linux kernel image, and set
the appropriate parameters in the Linux setup area in memory. This may only
be used after the @command{linux} command (@pxref{linux}) has been run. See
also @ref{GNU/Linux}.
@end deffn
@node initrd16
@subsection initrd16
@deffn Command initrd16 file
Load an initial ramdisk for a Linux kernel image to be booted in 16-bit
mode, and set the appropriate parameters in the Linux setup area in memory.
This may only be used after the @command{linux16} command (@pxref{linux16})
has been run. See also @ref{GNU/Linux}.
@deffn Command initrd16 file [file @dots{}]
Load, in order, all initial ramdisks for a Linux kernel image to be booted in
16-bit mode, and set the appropriate parameters in the Linux setup area in
memory. This may only be used after the @command{linux16} command
(@pxref{linux16}) has been run. See also @ref{GNU/Linux}.
This command is only available on x86 systems.
@end deffn