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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH] rootfs: Use tmpfs for rootfs even if root= is given
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On 11/1/23 07:35, Rob Landley wrote:
> 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/

Everyone,
I now responded to Rob's patch over here:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2023/11/1/333


>
> Rob

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