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From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Shane McDonald <mcdonald.shane@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [MIPS] Remove the RAMROOT function for msp71xx
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:07:23 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090429060723.GA26289@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1LywHr-0006MX-S3@localhost>

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 05:00:27PM -0600, Shane McDonald wrote:

> The RAMROOT function was a successful but non-portable attempt to append
> the root filesystem to the end of the kernel image.  The preferred and
> portable solution is to use an initramfs instead.  This patch removes
> the RAMROOT functionality.
> 
> This patch has been compile-tested against the current HEAD.

Thanks, applied!

  Ralf

  reply	other threads:[~2009-04-29  6:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-28 23:00 [MIPS] Remove the RAMROOT function for msp71xx Shane McDonald
2009-04-29  6:07 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2009-04-29 12:10 ` Christoph Hellwig
2009-04-29 14:11   ` Shane McDonald

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