linux-kernel - Re: Failover root devices

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Date:	Thu, 17 Sep 2015 13:49:17 -0400
From:	Drew DeVault <sir@...wn.com>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
Cc:	Ortwin Glück <odi@....ch>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Failover root devices

> I really don't see why we need this feature in-kernel as it can be
> done perfectly fine
> in userspace. Every non-trivial system needs an initramfs anyway these days.

Most initramfs systems will parse the root= line of your kernel command 
line and use it to remount root. The kernel seems like the best place to 
establish this, since the various initramfs solutions will implement the 
same format just to support parsing the kernel command line correctly. I 
mean, maybe that's not enough to justify putting it in the kernel, but 
that's why I see the kernel as the appropriate place to implement this 
feature.

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Drew DeVault
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