From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3][try 1] init: enable system-on-initramfs
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:35:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4699337E.2060908@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0707142141030.2346@be1.lrz>
Bodo Eggert wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Bodo Eggert wrote:
>
>>> Setting the name of the rdinit process to the name of the init process
>>> in order to select the root device should not be the right knob.
>>>
>> What's wrong with it?
>
> rdinit is supposed to be the program that mounts, root is supposed to be
> whatever is mounted and init is supposed to run the system. Three
> different things. Now if you want to change the third, just set the first
> to the second ...
That only applies to a model that you explicitly doesn't want to use.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-14 20:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-13 18:56 [PATCH 0/3][try 1] init: enable system-on-initramfs Bodo Eggert
2007-07-13 18:59 ` [PATCH 1/3][try 1] init: enable system-on-initramfs: enable root=rootfs Bodo Eggert
2007-07-13 19:00 ` [PATCH 2/3][try 1] init: enable system-on-initramfs: root-on-tmpfs Bodo Eggert
2007-07-13 19:02 ` [PATCH 3/3][try 1] init: enable system-on-initramfs: make mount-on-boot optional Bodo Eggert
2007-07-13 19:47 ` [PATCH 0/3][try 1] init: enable system-on-initramfs H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-13 22:37 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-07-13 22:50 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-14 15:20 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-07-14 18:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-07-14 19:46 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-07-14 20:35 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2007-07-15 1:58 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-07-18 21:54 ` Rob Landley
2007-07-19 13:56 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-07-19 14:41 ` Stephen Smalley
2007-07-19 17:22 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-07-28 16:07 ` Rob Landley
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2007-07-14 18:49 ` [PATCH 2/3][try 1] init: enable system-on-initramfs: root-on-tmpfs Bodo Eggert
2007-07-15 5:24 ` [PATCH 0/3][try 1] init: enable system-on-initramfs Al Boldi
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