From linux-kernel Fri Mar 07 08:23:41 2008 From: Chris Wedgwood Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:23:41 +0000 To: linux-kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] chroot= as a new kernel parameter Message-Id: <20080307082341.GA8607 () puku ! stupidest ! org> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120487827323717 On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 12:37:29PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > while i have no personal use for chroot=, i generally test distros > that way, yes - and i try to keep them as unmodified as possible. It's not clear to me how this would work. If the distro uses an initrd (most do now?) how will this work? The chroot will happen inside the initrd which will then break (because /init won't be there). > _Everything_ we do on the boot commandline that affects user-space > can be done in an initrd in theory - but still we have hundreds of > boot options. Precendent alone isn't a good reason to do something, a change should have merit of it's own. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/