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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org,
	stable@kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, chrisw@sous-sol.org,
	grim@undead.cc
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] initramfs: Allow rootfs to use tmpfs instead of ramfs
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:51:09 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060730175109.GA20777@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200607301808.14299.a1426z@gawab.com>

On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 06:08:14PM +0300, Al Boldi wrote:
> 
> Replugs rootfs to use tmpfs instead of ramfs as a Kconfig option.
> 
> This patch is based on John Zielinski's 
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=107013630212011&w=4 patch.
> 
> Modified for 2.6.17.
> 
> RunTime tested on i386.
> 
> This trivial patch should go into 2.6.18.

This looks like a new feature.  What problem does it fix that would make
it acceptable to add to the -stable tree?

thanks,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-07-30 17:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-30 15:08 [PATCH] initramfs: Allow rootfs to use tmpfs instead of ramfs Al Boldi
2006-07-30 17:36 ` Hugh Dickins
2006-07-30 18:48   ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-30 21:03     ` Al Boldi
2006-07-31 19:24       ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-31 14:35     ` Rob Landley
2006-07-30 21:03   ` Al Boldi
2006-07-30 17:51 ` Greg KH [this message]
2006-07-30 21:03   ` [stable] " Al Boldi
2006-07-31 19:25     ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-31 20:58       ` Al Boldi
2006-07-31 23:20         ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-31 19:30     ` Chris Wright
2006-07-31 20:58       ` Al Boldi

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