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commit21528c69a0upstream. Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst states: If CONFIG_TMPFS is enabled, rootfs will use tmpfs instead of ramfs by default. To force ramfs, add "rootfstype=ramfs" to the kernel command line. This currently does not work when root= is provided since then saved_root_name contains a string and rootfstype= is ignored. Therefore, ramfs is currently always chosen when root= is provided. The current behavior for rootfs's filesystem is: root= | rootfstype= | chosen rootfs filesystem ------------+-------------+-------------------------- unspecified | unspecified | tmpfs unspecified | tmpfs | tmpfs unspecified | ramfs | ramfs provided | ignored | ramfs rootfstype= should be respected regardless whether root= is given, as shown below: root= | rootfstype= | chosen rootfs filesystem ------------+-------------+-------------------------- unspecified | unspecified | tmpfs (as before) unspecified | tmpfs | tmpfs (as before) unspecified | ramfs | ramfs (as before) provided | unspecified | ramfs (compatibility with before) provided | tmpfs | tmpfs (new) provided | ramfs | ramfs (new) This table represents the new behavior. Fixes:6e19eded36("initmpfs: use initramfs if rootfstype= or root= specified") Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/8244c75f-445e-b15b-9dbf-266e7ca666e2@landley.net/ Reviewed-and-Tested-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231120011248.396012-1-stefanb@linux.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.