Bug#864777: initramfs-tools: Please support a tmpfs boot mode

From	Benjamin Drung <benjamin.drung@profitbricks.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#864777: initramfs-tools: Please support a tmpfs boot mode
Date	2017-06-14 18:00 +0200
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Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.130
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Hi,

The tmpfs boot mode allows one to operate a disk-less live system by
downloading a root tarball (that can be created with debootstrap) and
extracting it to a tmpfs root partition.

The tmpfs boot mode is similar to the nfs boot mode, but it does not
rely on any external service (after booting). We use this boot mode for
our compute nodes. I have attached a patch to support this boot mode and
tested it with qemu and on real hardware.

I am willing to maintain this boot mode and fix bugs in this part.

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Benjamin Drung
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Bug#864777: initramfs-tools: Please support a tmpfs boot mode Benjamin Drung <benjamin.drung@profitbricks.com> - 2017-06-14 18:00 +0200
  Bug#864777: initramfs-tools: Please support a tmpfs boot mode Peter Colberg <peter@colberg.org> - 2017-06-29 22:00 +0200
    Bug#864777: initramfs-tools: Please support a tmpfs boot mode Benjamin Drung <benjamin.drung@profitbricks.com> - 2017-12-14 13:30 +0100

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