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SubjectRe: [34/37] Large blocksize support in ramfs
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Andreas Dilger wrote:

> On Jun 20, 2007 11:29 -0700, clameter@sgi.com wrote:
> > If you apply this patch and then you can f.e. try this:
> >
> > mount -tramfs -o10 none /media
>
> > @@ -164,10 +165,15 @@ static int ramfs_fill_super(struct super
> > + if (options && *options)
> > + order = simple_strtoul(options, NULL, 10);
>
> This is probably a bad name for a mount option. What about "order=10"?
> Otherwise you prevent any other option from being used in the future.

I tried to make it as simple as possible. The patch is primarily useful as
a debugging aid since it eliminates the lower layers from the game. I
think ramfs should be left as is sine it is intended as a minimal
implementation that should stay simpl.

If we really want such an option for good then it may best be added to
shmem or ramdisk drivers?

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