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charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 2/23/26 14:58, Askar Safin wrote: > On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 3:17 AM Rob Landley wrote: >> FYI I've been using (and occasionally posting) variants of >> https://landley.net/bin/mkroot/0.8.13/linux-patches/0003-Wire-up-CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT-to-initramfs.patch >> since 2017. > > drivers/base/Kconfig says on CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT: >> This option does not affect initramfs based booting > > So CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT works as documented. I.E. they added that instead of merging any of my patches. Doubling down on "initramfs isn't a REAL root filesystem"... *shrug* > (But I am not against your CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT approach > if it helps you fix your problem.) Oh I've been patching it locally for years. I'm only replying because I was cc'd. Rob