linux-ext4 - What is e2initrd

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Message-ID: <4F85A740.9080906@ubuntu.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:46:08 -0400
From:	Phillip Susi <psusi@...ntu.com>
To:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: What is e2initrd_helper?

I came across this program in e2fsprogs and it doesn't seem to have a 
man page.  What is its purpose?  Looking at the code, it appears to 
extract the fs type listed in the /etc/fstab of the root fs before it is 
mounted, but why?

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