262487 – patch that adds mount option 'mode' to ramfs, same as in tmpfs

Bug 262487 - patch that adds mount option 'mode' to ramfs, same as in tmpfs

Summary: patch that adds mount option 'mode' to ramfs, same as in tmpfs

Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2009-03-14 22:49 UTC by Ivan Anishchuk
Modified:	2009-03-21 22:15 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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ramfs-add-support-for-mode=-mount-option.patch (ramfs-add-support-for-mode=-mount-option.patch,3.65 KB, patch) 2009-03-14 22:51 UTC, Ivan Anishchuk	Details \| Diff
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Description Ivan Anishchuk 2009-03-14 22:49:06 UTC

ramfs is small and simple variant of tmpfs, without swapping support. It is very usefull for laptops and embeded systems without swap. This patch adds support mount option 'mode' to ramfs. Patch is currently in -mm tree.

Comment 1 Ivan Anishchuk 2009-03-14 22:51:33 UTC

Created attachment 185008 [details, diff]
ramfs-add-support-for-mode=-mount-option.patch

This patch from -mm

Comment 2 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-03-15 12:17:26 UTC

You want this patch to be applied to which package?

Comment 3 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-03-21 22:15:29 UTC

Please be more specific where you want this patch to be applied to.

Reopen this bug when you add the requested information.