Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 1 Nov 2023 15:28:00 +0100 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] rootfs: Use tmpfs for rootfs even if root= is given |
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On Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 10:16:37AM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote: > > > 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
Note, we can't do anything with lkml.org links, they don't even work at times, please always use lore.kernel.org
Also, one patch out of a longer series also will not work as we can't pick it up from there either.
Can someone resend it, as a stand-alone patch, with the proper people cc:ed and then we can handle that. You all know this...
thanks,
greg k-h
> > > > > > Rob
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