From: Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@xxxxxxxxx> Pramfs can be used even as root filesystem. Signed-off-by: Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@xxxxxxxxx> --- diff -uprN linux-2.6.30-orig/init/do_mounts.c linux-2.6.30/init/do_mounts.c --- linux-2.6.30-orig/init/do_mounts.c 2009-06-10 05:05:27.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.30/init/do_mounts.c 2009-06-13 12:50:36.000000000 +0200 @@ -299,6 +299,17 @@ static int __init mount_nfs_root(void) } #endif +#ifdef CONFIG_ROOT_PRAMFS +static int __init mount_pramfs_root(void) +{ + create_dev("/dev/root", ROOT_DEV); + if (do_mount_root("/dev/root", "pramfs", + root_mountflags, root_mount_data) == 0) + return 1; + return 0; +} +#endif + #if defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM) || defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD) void __init change_floppy(char *fmt, ...) { @@ -331,6 +342,15 @@ void __init change_floppy(char *fmt, ... void __init mount_root(void) { +#ifdef CONFIG_ROOT_PRAMFS + if (MAJOR(ROOT_DEV) == MEM_MAJOR) { + if (mount_pramfs_root()) + return; + + printk(KERN_ERR "VFS: Unable to mount root fs via PRAMFS, trying floppy.\n"); + ROOT_DEV = Root_FD0; + } +#endif #ifdef CONFIG_ROOT_NFS if (MAJOR(ROOT_DEV) == UNNAMED_MAJOR) { if (mount_nfs_root()) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html