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SubjectRe: [PATCH] change Kconfig entry for RAMFS (Was: Re: support of older compilers)


On Sat, 6 Nov 2004, Grzegorz Kulewski wrote:
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> Probably, but it looks like it does not display in menuconfig and it is
> set by default. I understand that it is a good example, but it should be
> disabled by default I think... Or at least it should show in menuconfig.
> And I do not know why embedded environments want to use ramfs more
> than tmpfs. Swap is not needed for tmpfs and even if device has no swap it
> can be oomed because of ramfs too.

Ehh. tmpfs _is_ ramfs in the embedded world. Take a look into
mm/tiny-shmem.c, notice how it just calls it tmpfs and uses ramfs.

> Will you accept this patch:

Nope. See above. You're breaking a dependency here.

So at the very least you'd need to make the Kconfig understand the
dependency on ramfs.

Also, don't shout in help-files. Nobody likes shouting.

Linus
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