Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mta01.ornl.gov ([128.219.177.14]:60772 "EHLO mta01.ornl.gov" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751923Ab3KUU3l (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:29:41 -0500 Message-ID: <1385065186.18238.0.camel@frustration.ornl.gov> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add ceph root filesystem functionality and documentation. From: David Dillow To: mark.doffman@codethink.co.uk Cc: ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org, sage@inktank.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, rob.taylor@codethink.co.uk Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:19:46 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1385000024-23463-1-git-send-email-mark.doffman@codethink.co.uk> References: <1385000024-23463-1-git-send-email-mark.doffman@codethink.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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.