Re: Live module for root=nfs using Aufs

[Harald Hoyer <harald-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

On 11/08/2010 08:03 PM, Jon Ander Hernandez wrote:
> 2010/11/8 Seewer Philippe<philippe.seewer-omB+W0Dpw2o@public.gmane.org>:
>
>> I just had a quick look over the patch and in itself it looks ok. Although
>> I'm not sure if having the aufs at this stage is necessary. What if you just
>> mount it later inside the rootfs? (Background: I'm using aufs overlays for
>> our read only nfs-roots, and I just put the necessary aufs mounts inside
>> fstab)
>
> I have to say that I haven't thought about it before.... It is really
> a good idea, and is probably better than have a specific module. :-)
>
> But something that worries me, is if the init process will cause
> problems, since we will be mounting a new root over the old one once
> we have processes which have previously opened files on the old /.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Ander.

So, do you still need this dracut module? Or is it good enough, to do this in 
the real root?