Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 9 Nov 2023 10:42:44 -0600 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/5] fix rootfstype=tmpfs | From | Rob Landley <> |
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On 11/8/23 16:05, Stefan Berger wrote: > On 11/1/23 09:10, Stefan Berger wrote: >> On 2/21/23 16:04, Rob Landley wrote: >>> Wire up rootfstype=tmpfs to force rootfs to be tmpfs even when you >>> specify root= >>> >>> Initramfs automatically uses tmpfs (if available) when you DON'T >>> specify a >>> root= fallback root to mount over initramfs, but some people can't NOT do > > can't NOT -> cannot
The double negative was intentional for emphasis, hence the capitalization. They are unable to refrain from doing. "Could you just... not do that?" "No, I cannot not do that."
But if you want to phrase it differently, go ahead.
>>> that for some reason (old bootloaders), so let rootfstype=tmpfs >>> override it. >>> >>> My original code tried to do this 10 years ago but got the test wrong, >>> and nobody's corrected it since, so here you go... > > I think this sentence can be dropped.
If you like.
>>> >>> Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> >> >> I would like to be able to have this for some work with OpenBMC and >> ideally it would propagate to one of the recent kernels with a Fixes tag >> like this? > > Can you repost this patch or should I do it?
They're more likely to listen to you.
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