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SubjectRe: [PATCH][retry-2] init: Introduce rootdir bootparm to select which dir to sys_chroot
Bodo Eggert wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Nov 2007, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Bodo Eggert wrote:
>
>>> 1) This is useful for booting a rescue or test system, too. In those cases,
>>> you might want to have the old root moved somewhere.
>>> (Always "$rootdir/oldroot"? Additional parameter? I'm not sure ...)
>>>
>> Again, this is a good example of why this really shouldn't be additional
>> hacks in kernel space.
>
> ACK, but until kinit is default (and Godot arrives), this little hack does
> seem to be useful.

I disagree, on two accounts:

a. For as long as we keep throwing more crap into the kernel, kinit will
not get merged, because it "provides no new functionality."

b. You don't need kinit and kernel-tree integeration to do this in an
external initramfs. You can do this with any number of codebases as an
external initramfs.

-hpa
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