From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753384AbXKSFYs (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:24:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751053AbXKSFYk (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:24:40 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:48732 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751006AbXKSFYk (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:24:40 -0500 Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:22:15 -0800 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Al Boldi Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, viro@ftp.linux.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH][retry-2] init: Introduce rootdir bootparm to select which dir to sys_chroot Message-ID: <20071118212215.002fcd8b@laptopd505.fenrus.org> In-Reply-To: <200711182009.19072.a1426z@gawab.com> References: <200711182009.19072.a1426z@gawab.com> Organization: Intel X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:09:19 +0300 Al Boldi wrote: > > Second try; this time with a doc-update, and the ability to remount > normally. Hi, to be honest, this is something that really should be done in the initramfs image; we should strive to keep the more complex bootup scenarios there and not inside the kernel bootup code... Greetings, Arjan van de Ven -- If you want to reach me at my work email, use arjan@linux.intel.com For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org