Re: 2.4.19, CONFIG_RAMFS=y

From: H.Rosmanith (Kernel Mailing List) (kernel@wildsau.idv.uni.linz.at)
Date: Sat Aug 31 2002 - 09:40:06 EST


>
> hi,
>
> in <linus/fs/Config.in>, RAMFS is defined y always. why not make it
> a tristate? the help says, that RAMFS is a programming example only,
> so there's no need to absolutely have it compiled in the kernel.

aha, okay. so ramfs/inode.c defines init_rootfs, which in fact *is*
absolutely needed by the kernel in fs/namespace.c

but then Configure.help is missleading, and RAMFS should not be a CONFIG_
option anyway.

  : Simple RAM-based file system support
  : CONFIG_RAMFS
  : Ramfs is a file system which keeps all files in RAM. It allows
  : read and write access.
  :
  : It is more of an programming example than a usable file system.
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

wrong.

regards,
herp
 
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