Re: [PATCH 06/14] Pramfs: Include files

[Marco Stornelli]

2009/6/22 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>:
> On Monday 22 June 2009, Marco wrote:
>>
>> Sorry, I meant it's not currently possible. At the moment the only way
>> to use it as rootfs it's to copy all the data in an already mounted
>> (empty) ram partition and reboot. However it's not my first item on my
>> todo list because I think that it's possible to use it as rootfs but it
>> isn't the standard use for this fs.
>
> Well, it doesn't have to work right away. What I'm asking to
> define the data structures in a way that keeps the layout stable
> across kernel updates. Since a future version of the file system
> might support cross-endian image creation, it would be good to
> define the data structures in a fixed endian mode already, so
> you don't have to change it in the future.
>
>        Arnd <><
>

I was refering to create a tool "mkpramfs".

Marco
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