Re: Subject:[PATCH 1:1] boot paramer "root=" gets a list of devices

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

On 12/15/2011 07:19 AM, Raz Ben Yehuda wrote:
>>
>> To which point I have to ask, once again, at which point we stop putting
>> this stuff in the kernel to "bypass the need for initramfs"...
> because there are times where we cannot use initramfs. is this a problem
> with way i phrase or with with the whole idea ?
>

There are problems with the whole concept of "cannot use initramfs".  We 
allow the initramfs to be integrated with the kernel image for a reason, 
for example.

I'm obviously ranting on this in part to make people think about what 
they are doing, and partly to remind that the more complex the in-kernel 
root-mounting code get, the more it might be worth reconsidering klibc 
in the kernel build tree.

	-hpa