Re: e2label suggestions

["Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@soleranetworks.com>]

Theodore Ts'o wrote:

>On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 06:18:08PM -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
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>>Thanks for verifying it is passed through the kernel to initrd, another 
>>kernel component.    It's also stored as EXT meta data
>>(also in the kernel).  and retrieved from there.  And its not accessible 
>>from normal user space applications (except in raw mode).
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>No, the contents of initrd/initramfs is not shipped as part of a
>standard kernel.org kernel.  It is the responsibility of each
>distribution to set up their initrd or initramfs initial boot scripts
>themselves.  One could argue that it would be better if there were a
>standard set of initrd scripts (and udev binaries) paired with
>specific kernel.org kernels and used by all distro's, but that's not
>where we are right now.
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????????

>The data is most certainly accessible from normal userspace
>applications.  All they have to do is link against blkid library; 
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All you need is a degree from MIT in advanced Fusion mechanics. :-)

>indeed the kernel doesn't do any LABEL= or UUID= searching at all.  By
>design, it all supposed to be done in userspace.
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?????????

Ted,

I give up on this one. I also agree a standardized initrd with built in 
init is a great idea.

:-)

Jeff

>						- Ted
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