From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:1025 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752407Ab1LSNOp (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:14:45 -0500 Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:14:40 +0100 From: Karel Zak To: Roger Leigh Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add mount option for initramfs Message-ID: <20111220131440.GE22739@n.net.home> References: <20111216231538.GR17458@codelibre.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20111216231538.GR17458@codelibre.net> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:15:38PM +0000, Roger Leigh wrote: > { "nofail", 0, 0, MS_COMMENT}, /* Do not fail if ENOENT on dev */ > + { "initramfs", 0, 0, MS_COMMENT}, /* Mount filesystem in initramfs */ I don't think this is the right way. We have to be very conservative with new mount options, especially with options specific for any use case. You can use comment=initramfs and in new mount(8) will be also supported x-* options, then you can use x-initrd or so. Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com