Re: [RFC PATCH] Move actually mounting the root filesystem into its own series of hooks.

[Seewer Philippe <philippe.seewer-omB+W0Dpw2o@public.gmane.org>]

Victor Lowther wrote:
[snip]
>> Maybe even leave nfsroot-mounting to the kernel as long as that features 
>> remains in the tree.
> 
> That is impossible when using an initramfs.  Once the kernel notices an
> initramfs, finds /init on it and execs it, it is up to the initramfs to
> handle everything else.
Ah well, stupid me forgot that. sorry.

> 
>> I guess nbd and iscsi could go the same way like root=/dev/iscsi ...
> 
> It is as easy to handle it one way or the other in userspace.  I happen
> to think that overloading root= is easier to read, and prevents having
> to remember yet another *root parameter when someone invents an even
> more convoluted and crazy way to store a filesystem. :) 

hmmm... 'convoluted and crazy' ok you got me.

Question: Do you we want to agree on a specific scheme for setting root 
options? I'm thinking (for example) about having one initramfs for both 
nfsroot and nbdroot.

Regards,
Philippe
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