Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 1 Nov 2023 06:35:37 -0500 | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] rootfs: Use tmpfs for rootfs even if root= is given | From | Rob Landley <> |
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On 10/31/23 11:56, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > 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?
I submitted a patch to fix this to the list multiple times, which got ignored as always. Most recently here:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/8244c75f-445e-b15b-9dbf-266e7ca666e2@landley.net/
Rob
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