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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:51:09 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org, stable@kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] initramfs: Allow rootfs to use tmpfs instead of ramfs
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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