Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: initrd help -- umounts root after pivot_root | From | Bob Chiodini <> | Date | Mon, 03 Nov 2003 08:47:00 -0500 |
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On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 16:59, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > X-Comment-To: Bob Chiodini <robert.chiodini-1@ksc.nasa.gov> > Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. > Copyright: Copyright 2003 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved > > Followup to: <1067604362.5526.15.camel@tweedy.ksc.nasa.gov> > By author: Bob Chiodini <robert.chiodini-1@ksc.nasa.gov> > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > John, > > > > It does not appear that the kernel(s) will support the root fs on > > tmpfs. Looking through the init kernel code: It boils down to a block > > device with real major and minor number or NFS. > > > > Baloney. See the SuperRescue CD, for example, for a distro which uses > exactly this. > > -hpa
I stand corrected. I should have been clearer making this statement. I did not see a mechanism for mounting a tmpfs in do_mounts.c, or main.c. One question: I see that superrescue execs init and the end of linuxrc. Does this cause the kernel initialization to yield in handle_initrd(), until init exits (reboot/shutdown)?
Bob...
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