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Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:48:09 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: julian.stecklina@cyberus-technology.de
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>, 
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>, 
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] initrd: support erofs as initrd
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In-Reply-To: <20250320-initrd-erofs-v1-1-35bbb293468a@cyberus-technology.de>

On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 08:28:23PM +0100, Julian Stecklina via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Julian Stecklina <julian.stecklina@cyberus-technology.de>
> 
> Add erofs detection to the initrd mount code. This allows systems to
> boot from an erofs-based initrd in the same way as they can boot from
> a squashfs initrd.
> 
> Just as squashfs initrds, erofs images as initrds are a good option
> for systems that are memory-constrained.

I think this can be valuable and I know we've had discussion about this
before but it should please come with a detailed rationale for using
erofs and what project(s) this would be used by. Then I don't think
there's a reason per se not to do it.