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Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:17:31 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
CC: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][Patch] Allow not mounting a root fs
Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Jul 7 2007 13:56, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>>> On Jul 5 2007 19:08, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>>>> BTW: Is it possible to mount a tmpfs on / before extracting the cpio?
>>>> Not in the stock kernel. There have been some patches floating around
>>>> for that, I think.
>>> What would it buy? rootfs is a tmpfs, is not it?
>> No, rootfs is ramfs.
>
> Thanks for clarifying. Well, why is it a ramfs, and not tmpfs?
> (I think I know the difference, but the question stands.
> A system without any swap somewhat equals a ramfs, or?)
It gets initialized very early, and a lot of the setup needed for tmpfs
to work isn't ready yet.
-hpa
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