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

[Warren Togami <wtogami-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

Thiago Galesi wrote:
>>> Warren Togami wrote:
>>> A question: Why not use root=/dev/nfs and the other options according to
>>> kernel doc, like nfsroot=... and ip=autoconf? For me that is much more
>>> readable.
>> It is a matter of taste and historical contingency, I suppose.  The
>> current nfsroot mounting stuff was added way before initramfs/initrd was
>> an option, and it was probably easier to not mess up the in-kernel root=
>> handling code (which expected a device to mount).
> 
> 
> I think it is important to keep backwards compatibility in this
> specific case, and handle "root=/dev/nfs" kind of stuff. Really, think
> about keeping 2, 3 different cmdlines depending if the system is newer
> or older. It may look like a small hassle, but getting this right
> sometimes takes some time


Who's tools handled "root=/dev/nfs"?  /dev/nfs cannot be a valid dev node?

Warren Togami
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