Sometime recently it seems to have become possible to disable the

whole block device subsystem.

    Though in my tests I can't quit build with it disabled.
     Anyway, for an embedded device this might be appealing.

    how does this interact with initramfs and flash ?
    Can I boot an initramfs kernel without a block device ?

    Can I write a filesystem driver for a flash device that does not

require a block device ?

    Are their any examples of something even close ?
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For that particular flash case there's just jffs2 in the kernel tree,

with some more flash filesystems under development.  You can of

course have network and in-memory filesystems aswell.
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