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From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@gmail.com>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
	virtio-fs@redhat.com,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Virtio-fs] [PATCH] init/do_mounts.c: add virtiofs root fs support
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 19:30:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190917183029.GH1131@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFLxGvw51qeifCLwhV-8DKXNwC9=_5hFf==e7h4YCvFE5_Wz0A@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 08:19:55PM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:

> mtd, ubi, virtiofs and 9p have one thing in common, they are not block devices.
> What about a new miscroot= kernel parameter?

How about something like xfs!sda5 or nfs!foo.local.net/bar, etc.?  With
ubi et.al. covered by the same syntax...


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From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@gmail.com>
Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>,
	virtio-fs@redhat.com, Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] init/do_mounts.c: add virtiofs root fs support
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 19:30:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190917183029.GH1131@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFLxGvw51qeifCLwhV-8DKXNwC9=_5hFf==e7h4YCvFE5_Wz0A@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 08:19:55PM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:

> mtd, ubi, virtiofs and 9p have one thing in common, they are not block devices.
> What about a new miscroot= kernel parameter?

How about something like xfs!sda5 or nfs!foo.local.net/bar, etc.?  With
ubi et.al. covered by the same syntax...

  reply	other threads:[~2019-09-17 18:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-09-06 10:03 [Virtio-fs] [PATCH] init/do_mounts.c: add virtiofs root fs support Stefan Hajnoczi
2019-09-06 10:03 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2019-09-06 19:16 ` [Virtio-fs] " Richard Weinberger
2019-09-06 19:16   ` Richard Weinberger
2019-09-09  7:00   ` [Virtio-fs] " Stefan Hajnoczi
2019-09-09  7:00     ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2019-09-17 15:18     ` [Virtio-fs] " Stefan Hajnoczi
2019-09-17 15:18       ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2019-09-17 18:19     ` Richard Weinberger
2019-09-17 18:19       ` Richard Weinberger
2019-09-17 18:30       ` Al Viro [this message]
2019-09-17 18:30         ` Al Viro
2019-09-17 18:34         ` [Virtio-fs] " Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2019-09-17 18:34           ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2019-09-18 10:51           ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2019-09-18 10:51             ` Stefan Hajnoczi

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