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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: 7eggert@gmx.de
Cc: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][retry-2] init: Introduce rootdir bootparm to select which dir to sys_chroot
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:02:16 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47409A48.3000409@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1ItqCg-0003W2-Qu@be1.7eggert.dyndns.org>

Bodo Eggert wrote:
> 
> 1) This is useful for booting a rescue or test system, too. In those cases,
>    you might want to have the old root moved somewhere.
>    (Always "$rootdir/oldroot"? Additional parameter? I'm not sure ...)
> 

Again, this is a good example of why this really shouldn't be additional 
hacks in kernel space.

	-hpa

  reply	other threads:[~2007-11-18 20:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <9qVOO-4ZK-13@gated-at.bofh.it>
2007-11-18 19:53 ` [PATCH][retry-2] init: Introduce rootdir bootparm to select which dir to sys_chroot Bodo Eggert
2007-11-18 20:02   ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2007-11-18 23:50     ` Bodo Eggert
2007-11-19  0:02       ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-11-19  5:40         ` Al Boldi
2007-11-18 17:09 Al Boldi
2007-11-19  5:22 ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-11-19  5:56   ` Al Boldi

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