Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:15:14 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] NFS: Make NFS root work again |
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On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:40:03 +0100 David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> wrote:
> Make NFS root work by creating a "/root" directory to satisfy the mount, > otherwise the path lookup for the mount fails with ENOENT. > > Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> > --- > > init/do_mounts.c | 5 ++++- > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c > index 46fe407..967b852 100644 > --- a/init/do_mounts.c > +++ b/init/do_mounts.c > @@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ static void __init get_fs_names(char *page) > > static int __init do_mount_root(char *name, char *fs, int flags, void *data) > { > - int err = sys_mount(name, "/root", fs, flags, data); > + int err; > + > + sys_mkdir("/root", 0755); > + err = sys_mount(name, "/root", fs, flags, data); > if (err) > return err;
Am still awaiting a proper description of this patch, please.
What is not working, and how does this patch fix it?
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