On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 11:51:30 +0200
Markus Wichmann wrote:
> Nope, that wasn't my question. Rather, I'd like to know why the OP wants
> to use switch_root in his initrd instead of pivot_root, as the latter is
> easier to use and already included in ubase. And it doesn't depend on
> the filesystem
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:10:23PM +0100, Dimitris Papastamos wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:07:46AM +0200, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> > so implementing that tool is a one-liner in c
> >
> > so it is easy to add if it's missing from ubase
>
> We already have pivot_root in ubase. Markus is basic
Quoth FRIGN:
> I'm all for a directory named ideas/ including working
> shell-scripts of design-ideas, which can then be implemented as
> C-programs later on.
> This would both encourage new concepts and keep the repo clean of
> problematic shell-scripts.
I think this mailing list works pretty we
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 02:47:37PM +0200, FRIGN wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:57:24 +0100
> sin wrote:
>
> >Someome might suggest adding some useful
> > shell scripts in a directory misc/ or so in ubase but that's not the
> > right place and I'd like to keep sbase and ubase free of non-C code
>
On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:57:24 +0100
sin wrote:
>Someome might suggest adding some useful
> shell scripts in a directory misc/ or so in ubase but that's not the
> right place and I'd like to keep sbase and ubase free of non-C code
> and external runtime dependencies.
That's exactly the point!
One
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:26:09PM +0200, FRIGN wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 23:10:23 +0100
> Dimitris Papastamos wrote:
>
> > > i just note that pivot_root is a linux system call
> > > so implementing that tool is a one-liner in c
>
> We don't need this here, given we don't give a damn about pr
On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 23:10:23 +0100
Dimitris Papastamos wrote:
> > i just note that pivot_root is a linux system call
> > so implementing that tool is a one-liner in c
We don't need this here, given we don't give a damn about preserving
the initramfs somewhere.
I would agree on using syscalls to
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:07:46AM +0200, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> * Dimitris Papastamos [2014-04-15 17:57:25 +0100]:
> > On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 06:44:54PM +0200, Markus Wichmann wrote:
> > > Why switch_root and not pivot_root? Here's a sh mockup of how to do what
> > > you wrote with pivot_root:
>
* Dimitris Papastamos [2014-04-15 17:57:25 +0100]:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 06:44:54PM +0200, Markus Wichmann wrote:
> > Why switch_root and not pivot_root? Here's a sh mockup of how to do what
> > you wrote with pivot_root:
> >
> > set -e
> > new_root=$1
> > put_old=$2
> > [ -d $put_old ] || ma
On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 05:57:25PM +0100, Dimitris Papastamos wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 06:44:54PM +0200, Markus Wichmann wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 02:10:51PM +0200, FRIGN wrote:
> > > Good day,
> > >
> > > sometimes, you depend on an initramfs to do stuff for you before
> > > the
On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 06:44:54PM +0200, Markus Wichmann wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 02:10:51PM +0200, FRIGN wrote:
> > Good day,
> >
> > sometimes, you depend on an initramfs to do stuff for you before
> > the rootfs is available.
> > Busybox has become the standard for "all your initramfs
On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 02:10:51PM +0200, FRIGN wrote:
> Good day,
>
> sometimes, you depend on an initramfs to do stuff for you before
> the rootfs is available.
> Busybox has become the standard for "all your initramfs needs", but
> tbh, I hate working with it.
> Statically linking sbase and uba
Dnia 2014-04-13, o godz. 14:10:51
FRIGN napisał(a):
> Good day,
>
> sometimes, you depend on an initramfs to do stuff for you before
> the rootfs is available.
> Busybox has become the standard for "all your initramfs needs", but
> tbh, I hate working with it.
> Statically linking sbase and ubas
On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 02:10:51PM +0200, FRIGN wrote:
> Good day,
>
> sometimes, you depend on an initramfs to do stuff for you before
> the rootfs is available.
> Busybox has become the standard for "all your initramfs needs", but
> tbh, I hate working with it.
> Statically linking sbase and uba
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