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Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.0.999.0711190042340.14144@be1.lrz>
Date:	Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:50:27 +0100 (CET)
From:	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
cc:	7eggert@....de, 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

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 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.

ACK, but until kinit is default (and Godot arrives), this little hack does 
seem to be useful.

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