Re: How to find the root partition with root=dhcp root-path=iscsi:::...

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

On 06/18/2009 01:01 PM, Harald Hoyer wrote:
> On 06/18/2009 06:06 PM, Warren Togami wrote:
>> On 06/18/2009 10:30 AM, Harald Hoyer wrote:
>>> If we have root=dhcp and root-path from dhcp with "iscsi::... " nothing
>>> is know about the partition where root lives in.
>>>
>>> RFC:
>>> provide a pre-mount fallback, which tries to mount
>>>
>>> /dev/disk/by-label/\x2f (LABEL=/)
>>> /dev/disk/by-label/ROOT (LABEL=ROOT)
>>
>> I think this was the intent of netroot=dhcp for remote block device
>> protocols, then you can define something else in root=. Whether it is
>> implemented yet I don't know.
>>
>> Warren
>
> Well, but the root-path does not specify the root partition!
> Either we extend the iscsi:::: spec with a root partition or we make
> requirements like I did above.

root= cannot specify the root partition?

In any case, nothing really stops us from extending the iscsi RFC spec 
if we really want to.

Warren Togami
wtogami-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
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