Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:37:50 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [TEST/REVIEW]: rootfs mounting code rework Message-ID: <41B3FE3E.3070407@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <57430.1102240929@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <57430.1102240929@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20041205044145.A18185@mail.chesapeake.net>, Jeff Roberson writes: > >>On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> >> >>>In message <p0620073ebdd844240e34@[128.113.24.47]>, Garance A Drosihn writes: >>> >>>>At 11:08 AM +0100 12/4/04, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >>>> >>>>>http://phk.freebsd.dk/patch/rootfs.patch >>>>> >>>>>Please test and review. >>>> >>>>Hmm. Does this mean that we'll always get the correct partition >>>>for '/', even if /etc/fstab is wrong for '/'? By "correct", I >>>>mean "the partition that the kernel was loaded from". >>> >>>The loader reads /etc/fstab and picks the entry for '/' out of it >>>so I can only pressume that whoever did that disagree with your >>>notion of "correct". >> >>I believe he's referring to the case where you load a kernel from >>somewhere other than the default '/'. > > > I'm not sure, and I don't really care much. The order in which the > kernel tries various root filesystems is not affected apart from me > removing the "ask" mode which is badly implemented, prone to problems > and unecessary now that we can set it in the loader. Where it's not documented well enough to use in an emergency, while the "ask" mode had a good example right there in front of you.. saved my bacon several times. >
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