Re: [PATCH 0/2] init: ensure that /dev/console and /dev/null are (nearly) always available in initramfs

Rob Landley
2026-02-24T19:02:52Z

On 2/23/26 14:58, Askar Safin wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 3:17 AM Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> wrote:
>> FYI I've been using (and occasionally posting) variants of
>> https://landley.net/bin/mkroot/0.8.13/linux-patches/0003-Wire-up-CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT-to-initramfs.patch
>> since 2017.
>
> drivers/base/Kconfig says on CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT:
>> This option does not affect initramfs based booting
>
> So CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT works as documented.

I.E. they added that instead of merging any of my patches. Doubling down
on "initramfs isn't a REAL root filesystem"...

*shrug*

> (But I am not against your CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT approach
> if it helps you fix your problem.)

Oh I've been patching it locally for years. I'm only replying because I
was cc'd.

Rob