18.07.2011 15:55, Pekka Enberg wrote: > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Sasha Levin <[email protected]> wrote: >> This patch adds support to mounting devices using a kernel parameter. >> >> Such feature is usefull for virtual guests. It allows easily automating >> mounts without having to change the base image (which can be read-only). >> >> In /tools/kvm we are interested in such feature to allow us to automatically >> mount user home directory using virtio-9p from the host to the guest >> filesystem under '/hostfs'.
Can't the same be done within initramfs just as easy? Long time ago when initramfs first appeared the plan was to, more or less, move all that mounting and root= handling functionality to userspae, and here we're adding more to kernel. To me that sounds backwards... Thanks, /mjt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
