Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754756AbXKRUCf (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:02:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752116AbXKRUC2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:02:28 -0500 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:57067 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752083AbXKRUC1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:02:27 -0500 Message-ID: <47409A48.3000409@zytor.com> Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:02:16 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070727) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 7eggert@gmx.de CC: Al Boldi , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][retry-2] init: Introduce rootdir bootparm to select which dir to sys_chroot References: <9qVOO-4ZK-13@gated-at.bofh.it> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 583 Lines: 16 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. -hpa - 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/