Re: [PATCH 2/3] docs: kernel-parameters: update description of root=

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Apr 11 2022 - 11:56:24 EST


On Sat, Apr 09, 2022 at 11:39:40AM +0800, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
> root=UUID or root=LABEL is not supported without initrd.
> It is better to update description of root= to explicitly
> tell the users.

These are not supported at all by the kernel. Maybe some code running
in an initramfs might do some magic with these, but they have no meaning
for the kernel and shouldn't really be documented here.