Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 20:20:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 20:20:06 -0400 Received: from lsb-catv-1-p021.vtxnet.ch ([212.147.5.21]:10259 "EHLO almesberger.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 20:19:54 -0400 Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 02:20:23 +0200 From: Werner Almesberger To: Eric Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, root@chaos.analogic.com Subject: Re: [Q] pivot_root and initrd Message-ID: <20011024022023.B8463@almesberger.net> In-Reply-To: <3BD5E71F.6090506@usa.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3BD5E71F.6090506@usa.net>; from ebrower@usa.net on Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 02:54:39PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Eric wrote: > Both the pivot_root(8) manpage and the /Documentation/initrd.txt > document admonish us to do much more than shown below (chroot, relative > pathing of pivot_root arguments, etc). Correct, yes. Peter's procedure should work with the current implementation, but it's safer to use the documented approach, particularly if the solution is distributed to other people. I currently don't have any plans for changing the pivot_root implementation, but I wouldn't be surprised if something comes up at some point in 2.5, since the overall boot architecture needs a bit of work. - Werner -- _________________________________________________________________________ / Werner Almesberger, Lausanne, CH wa@almesberger.net / /_http://icawww.epfl.ch/almesberger/_____________________________________/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/