Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 31 Oct 2023 17:56:24 +0100 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] rootfs: Use tmpfs for rootfs even if root= is given |
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On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 11:44:17AM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote: > rootfs currently does not use tmpfs if the root= boot option is passed > even though the documentation about rootfs (added in 6e19eded3684) in > Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst states: > > If CONFIG_TMPFS is enabled, rootfs will use tmpfs instead of ramfs by > default. To force ramfs, add "rootfstype=ramfs" to the kernel command > line.
At this point in time, is there even any difference between ramfs and tmpfs anymore? Why would you want to choose one over the other here?
thanks,
greg k-h
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