retitle 598542 support tmpfs fallback ressign 598542 live-boot severity 598542 wishlist thanks
Sam Vilain <[email protected]> wrote: > aufs is an out-of-tree project, and this presents considerable > management challenges. For instance, current the Linux kernel in > experimental has no aufs module. for >2.6.32, we are aiming for uionmount support. yesterday, Michal provided a patch for initial support of that. have a look at git://live.debian.net/git/live-boot.git. > Given that compared to tmpfs, aufs is used primarily to save RAM, it > should be reasonable to fall back on tmpfs for creating writable > filesystem spaces during boot. if neither aufs nor unionmount (nor unionfs-fuse; which is not really supported well anyway) is present, a tmpfs fallback would be indeed nice, yes. > If I were to come up with a patch to the various scripts which support > graceful fallback to tmpfs, would it be possible to include it ? sure. -- Address: Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: [email protected] Internet: http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
