[PATCH 1/2] Document new xattrperm flag

["Marko Petrović" <petrovicmarko2006@gmail.com>]

Signed-off-by: Marko Petrović <petrovicmarko2006@gmail.com>
---
 ...to_v2.rst => user_mode_linux_howto_v3.rst} | 20 +++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 rename Documentation/virt/uml/{user_mode_linux_howto_v2.rst => user_mode_linux_howto_v3.rst} (99%)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux_howto_v2.rst b/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux_howto_v3.rst
similarity index 99%
rename from Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux_howto_v2.rst
rename to Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux_howto_v3.rst
index af2a97429692..709eef10dd7d 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux_howto_v2.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux_howto_v3.rst
@@ -1007,23 +1007,21 @@ an existing root_fs file::
 
    #  mount root_fs uml_root_dir -o loop
 
-
-You need to change the filesystem type of ``/`` in ``etc/fstab`` to be
-'hostfs', so that line looks like this::
-
-   /dev/ubd/0       /        hostfs      defaults          1   1
-
 Then you need to chown to yourself all the files in that directory
-that are owned by root.  This worked for me::
+that are owned by root so that the kernel can access them.
+This worked for me::
 
-   #  find . -uid 0 -exec chown jdike {} \;
+   #  find uml_root_dir -uid 0 -not -type l -exec chown jdike {} \;
 
 Next, make sure that your UML kernel has hostfs compiled in, not as a
-module.  Then run UML with the boot device pointing at that directory::
+module.  Then run UML with the appropriate kernel command line
+parameters::
 
-   ubd0=/path/to/uml/root/directory
+   rootfstype=hostfs rw hostfs=uml_root_dir,xattrperm
 
-UML should then boot as it does normally.
+You should have extended attributes supported and enabled on
+your host filesystem since UML uses them to store correct file
+permissions.
 
 Hostfs Caveats
 --------------
-- 
2.39.2


_______________________________________________
linux-um mailing list
linux-um@lists.infradead.org
http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-um