Re: [PATCH] rootfs (part 1)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 17 May 2001 00:37:44 +0100 (BST)

> Why do you use ramfs? Most of it is duplicated in tmpfs and ramfs is a
> minimal _example_ fs. There was some agreement that this should stay
> so.

I think ramfs is an incredibly flawed example right now - precisely because
it has no error cases. ramfs with the size limiting is a brilliant fs for
embedded/pda work as well as an example that shows error paths

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