tags 323621 fixed-upstream
thanks
Norbert,
> The initrd(4) manpage documents only the older, so-called "change_root"
> method, and does not even mention "pivot_root". The "change_root" method
> is considered to be obsolete (see Documentation/initrd.txt in the 2.4
> or 2.6 kernel source tree).
>
> Until complete rewrite, a notice saying 'the method documented there
> is obsolete, see pivot_root(2)' and pointers to pivot_root(8) and
> pivot_root(2) in 'SEE ALSO' would be useful, I suppose.
Thanks. I added the following text for the man-pages-2.08 release:
Note: The use of /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev to
change the root file system is obsolete. See the kernel
source file Documentation/initrd.txt as well as
pivot_root(2) and pivot_root(8) for information on the
modern method of changing the root file system.
Do you have the time / knowledge for the "complete rewrite"?
Cheers,
Michael
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