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 Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ 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? ------------------ _ 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html