Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Nov 2013 10:53:21 -0600 | From | Mark Doffman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add ceph root filesystem functionality and documentation. |
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On 11/21/2013 02:19 PM, David Dillow wrote: > On Wed, 2013-11-20 at 20:13 -0600, mark.doffman@codethink.co.uk wrote: >> The following patch series adds the ability to use a ceph distributed >> file system as the root device. The functionality is similar to >> NFS root but for the ceph filesystem. > > Why do this in the kernel vs in the initramfs? Dracut would be a more > appropriate place, I think, as it has support for other network root > devices already.
I don't know if its a good idea to require an initramfs for mounting a rootfs over the network. NFS root is currently in the kernel, and frequently used without an initramfs.
Booting from ceph using a root device is relatively simple compared to generating an initramfs and it has the possibility of producing smaller images for memory constrained devices.
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