Re: init observations

[Avi Kivity <avi argo co il>]

Chris Adams wrote:

> Once upon a time, Avi Kivity <avi argo co il> said:
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> > It would be excellent if the glue code could be done in python:
> >    
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> Requiring /usr be available before starting anything is not going to
> work.
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>  
We require /. We require initrd.

> > [there might be opposition to linking init with /usr/, but I consider it 
> > outdated. we have initrd to mount our filesystems today]
> >    
>
> I don't really want to have to rebuild initrd anytime I change network
> settings and such (think network shared /usr).
>  
I'm sure we can arrange initrd to look at the command line. For example:

 mount=/=server1:/path/to/root,/usr=server2:/path/to/usr

IP can already be configured this way.

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