linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Make CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT apply to initramfs/initmpfs.

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Date:	Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:02:15 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
	pavel@....cz, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mgorman@...e.de, mingo@...nel.org, keescook@...omium.org,
	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT apply to initramfs/initmpfs.

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 02:06:45PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> From: Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
> 
> Make CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT apply to initramfs/initmpfs.
> 
> Update help text, slightly improve error reporting, move /dev/console open
> down after devtmpfs mount, don't check IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TMPFS) before
> mounting devtmpfs (it's always there, even if just a ramfs alias), and
> report whether we think we're using tmpfs or ramfs for rootfs.

That's a lot of different things to be doing all at once in the same
patch.  Can you please break these out into individual logical changes?

thanks,

greg k-h