From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp205.alice.it ([82.57.200.101]:37507 "EHLO smtp205.alice.it" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759912Ab2FURFh (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:05:37 -0400 Message-ID: <4FE3546F.4010701@libero.it> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:05:51 +0200 From: Goffredo Baroncelli Reply-To: kreijack@inwind.it MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Martin Steigerwald CC: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , cwillu , helmut@hullen.de Subject: Re: R: Re: Subvolumes and /proc/self/mountinfo References: <32353828.234981340193742067.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost> <4FE2455E.2090007@zytor.com> <4FE2B576.3030301@libero.it> (sfid-20120621_090410_016018_05466806) <201206211346.40683.Martin@lichtvoll.de> In-Reply-To: <201206211346.40683.Martin@lichtvoll.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 06/21/2012 01:46 PM, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 21. Juni 2012 schrieb Goffredo Baroncelli: >>> >>> >>>> Now we have the possibility to move the kernel near the modules, and >>>> this could lead some interesting possibility: think about different >>>> linux installations, with an own kernel version and an own modules >>>> version; what are the reasons to put together under /boot different >>>> kernel which potential conflicting names ? de facto standard ? >>>> historical reasons ? Nothing wrong here; but also the idea to moving >>>> the kernel under /lib/modules is not so wrong. >>> >>> >>> >>> No, it is completely, totally and very very seriously wrong. >> >> When a bootloader (and the bioses) will be able to address the whole >> diskS, this will change.. Not now > > Why not the other way around? /boot/modules-3.4 or so. > > But either way, these are different discussions. H. Peter´s question was, > if I understood correctly, whether to use subvolid or path? > For which ? If you want to point the bootloader subvolume (where the 2nd stage relies), I suggest subvolid=. If you need to point to the kernel (bzImage/initrd) *for my setup* it would be useful to use the path. Unfortunately these two requirements are in contrast. > I tend to lean towards subvolid. > > Ciao, Ciao Goffredo