Re: [PATCH 0/2] init: ensure that /dev/console and /dev/null are (nearly) always available in initramfs

Askar Safin <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:58:57 +0300

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On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 3:17=E2=80=AFAM Rob Landley <[email protected]> wrote=
:
> FYI I've been using (and occasionally posting) variants of
> https://landley.net/bin/mkroot/0.8.13/linux-patches/0003-Wire-up-CONFIG_D=
EVTMPFS_MOUNT-to-initramfs.patch
> since 2017.

drivers/base/Kconfig says on CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT:
> This option does not affect initramfs based booting

So CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT works as documented.

(But I am not against your CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT approach
if it helps you fix your problem.)

--
Askar Safin