Subject: + initmpfs-use-initramfs-if-rootfstype=-or-root=-specified-fix.patch added to -mm tree
To: rob@xxxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:03:51 -0700
The patch titled
Subject: initmpfs-use-initramfs-if-rootfstype=-or-root=-specified-fix
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
initmpfs-use-initramfs-if-rootfstype=-or-root=-specified-fix.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/initmpfs-use-initramfs-if-rootfstype=-or-root=-specified-fix.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/initmpfs-use-initramfs-if-rootfstype=-or-root=-specified-fix.patch
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From: Rob Landley <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: initmpfs-use-initramfs-if-rootfstype=-or-root=-specified-fix
Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff -puN Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt~initmpfs-use-initramfs-if-rootfstype=-or-root=-specified-fix Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt~initmpfs-use-initramfs-if-rootfstype=-or-root=-specified-fix
+++ a/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ to just make sure certain lists can't be
Most systems just mount another filesystem over rootfs and ignore it. The
amount of space an empty instance of ramfs takes up is tiny.
+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.
+
What is initramfs?
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from rob@xxxxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
x86-make-mem=-option-to-work-for-efi-platform.patch
initmpfs-replace-ms_nouser-in-initramfs.patch
initmpfs-move-bdi-setup-from-init_rootfs-to-init_ramfs.patch
initmpfs-move-bdi-setup-from-init_rootfs-to-init_ramfs-fix.patch
initmpfs-move-rootfs-code-from-fs-ramfs-to-init.patch
initmpfs-make-rootfs-use-tmpfs-when-config_tmpfs-enabled.patch
initmpfs-use-initramfs-if-rootfstype=-or-root=-specified.patch
initmpfs-use-initramfs-if-rootfstype=-or-root=-specified-fix.patch
initmpfs-use-initramfs-if-rootfstype=-or-root=-specified-checkpatch-fixes.patch
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