linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Make initramfs honor CONFIG_DEVTMPFS

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Date:   Tue, 9 May 2017 14:31:32 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
        Yang Shi <yang.shi@...aro.org>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Emese Revfy <re.emese@...il.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make initramfs honor CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT

On Thu, 4 May 2017 16:09:06 -0500 Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net> wrote:

> From: Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
> 
> Make initramfs honor CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT, and move
> /dev/console open after devtmpfs mount.


Could we please see complete description of the runtime effects of this
change?  How does it affect users?  How does it benefit users?

The DEVTMPFS_MOUNT Kconfig help (drivers/base/Kconfig) says:

	  This option does not affect initramfs based booting, here
	  the devtmpfs filesystem always needs to be mounted manually
	  after the rootfs is mounted.

which seems to no longer be correct?