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

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Message-ID: <47D00B16.6040004@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:17:42 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
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

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> 
>> Pawel Plociennik wrote:
>>> Hi Andrew and other *real* hackers,
>>>
>>> I have sent a *last* version of a patch which it has added a new kernel parameter chroot=
>>> It were discusioned a *long time* on a lkml so I hope that it will has been applied.
>> It has been discussed and *rejected* a large number of times.
>>
>> This is completely useless bloat.
> 
> why is it useless? Would it be more acceptable were it made dependent on 
> a .config option?
> 

It's useless because it's exactly and trivially replaceable with:

	init=/path/to/any/sbin/chroot /newroot /sbin/init

The last thing we want is to pile more stuff into the in-kernel 
initialization code, and no, making it a config option makes it even worse.

	-hpa
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