From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030198AbVHZTG6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:06:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030200AbVHZTG6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:06:58 -0400 Received: from ylpvm29-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.57.60]:54146 "EHLO ylpvm29.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030198AbVHZTG5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:06:57 -0400 X-ORBL: [67.124.117.85] Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:06:47 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: dwilson24@nyc.rr.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Initramfs and TMPFS! Message-ID: <20050826190647.GA12296@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <200508260139.j7Q1dFME000555@ms-smtp-03.rdc-nyc.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200508260139.j7Q1dFME000555@ms-smtp-03.rdc-nyc.rr.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 09:39:15PM -0400, dwilson24@nyc.rr.com wrote: > Wouldn't it be better to put overmount_rootfs in initramfs.c > and call it only if there's a initramfs? I don't see what or how that helps. Yes we can shuffle some code about but the real problem still exists. That is is that (by design) the early userspace is unpacked as soon as possible before all kernel subsystems are up.