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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:20:49 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] initramfs: Allow rootfs to use tmpfs instead
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Al Boldi wrote:
>>>
>>> Being semantically the same, while not exhibiting ramfs pitfalls, makes
>>> it suitable to be pushed into the -stable tree, IMHO.
>> This is total nonsense.
> 
> Are you sure?
> 

Yes.

>> They're very different from an implementation standpoint.
> 
> Think ext2/3.

Not applicable to this case.

	-hpa