Re: [PATCH 0/3][try 1] init: enable system-on-initramfs

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Sat Jul 14 2007 - 16:35:27 EST


Bodo Eggert wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Bodo Eggert wrote:
>
>>> Setting the name of the rdinit process to the name of the init process
>>> in order to select the root device should not be the right knob.
>>>
>> What's wrong with it?
>
> rdinit is supposed to be the program that mounts, root is supposed to be
> whatever is mounted and init is supposed to run the system. Three
> different things. Now if you want to change the third, just set the first
> to the second ...

That only applies to a model that you explicitly doesn't want to use.

-hpa
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