linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] chroot= as a new kernel parameter

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Message-ID: <20080306112212.GA9261@puku.stupidest.org>
Date:	Thu, 6 Mar 2008 03:22:12 -0800
From:	Chris Wedgwood <cw@...f.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Pawel Plociennik <paplociennik@...il.com>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] chroot= as a new kernel parameter

On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 11:44:48AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> we can/could do many other boot options via an initrd too.

There has been some talk of this and even an implementation of much of
it.  I'm not convinced it's a bad idea, I've had to use it myself on
products where the in-kernel ip auto-configuration doesn't work.

> But given an existing initrd (which might have come from the distro,
> etc.) i prefer adding boot options instead of modifying the initrd.

I assume this is so you have have /distro1 /distro2 and use your boot
option to (help) select which one you boot into?
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