Re: Initramfs and TMPFS!

From: Chris Wedgwood
Date: Fri Aug 26 2005 - 15:22:49 EST


On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 08:08:51PM +0000, Kent Robotti wrote:

> Overmount_rootfs shouldn't take place until you know for sure the
> kernel detects an initramfs.

Actually, it was a deliberate decision to *always* overmount after
some discussion with people.

It's not a clean solution and the overall goals aren't clear here so
it was never submitted for inclusion --- an the fact is 99.9% of users
simply don't need or care for this.

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