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Message-ID: <47409A48.3000409@zytor.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:02:16 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: 7eggert@....de
CC: Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][retry-2] init: Introduce rootdir bootparm to select which
dir to sys_chroot
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
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