From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 16 May 2001 19:38:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 16 May 2001 19:37:52 -0400 Received: from router-100M.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.17]:32013 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 16 May 2001 19:37:35 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] rootfs (part 1) To: viro@math.psu.edu (Alexander Viro) Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 00:33:32 +0100 (BST) Cc: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: from "Alexander Viro" at May 16, 2001 08:12:52 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Linus, patch is the first chunk of rootfs stuff. I've tried to > get it as small as possible - all it does is addition of absolute root > on ramfs and necessary changes to mount_root/change_root/sys_pivot_root > and follow_dotdot. Real root is mounted atop of the "absolute" one. Surely this is getting right into 2.5 stuff.