Bug 262487

Summary:	patch that adds mount option 'mode' to ramfs, same as in tmpfs
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Ivan Anishchuk <matimatik>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	ramfs-add-support-for-mode=-mount-option.patch

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.