netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add ceph root filesystem functionality and documentation.

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Message-ID: <1385065186.18238.0.camel@frustration.ornl.gov>
Date:	Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:19:46 -0500
From:	David Dillow <dave@...dillows.org>
To:	mark.doffman@...ethink.co.uk
Cc:	ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org, sage@...tank.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, rob.taylor@...ethink.co.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add ceph root filesystem functionality and
 documentation.

On Wed, 2013-11-20 at 20:13 -0600, mark.doffman@...ethink.co.uk wrote:
> The following patch series adds the ability to use a ceph distributed
> file system as the root device. The functionality is similar to
> NFS root but for the ceph filesystem.

Why do this in the kernel vs in the initramfs? Dracut would be a more
appropriate place, I think, as it has support for other network root
devices already.

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