H. Peter Anvin wrote:Al Boldi wrote:Al Boldi wrote:This seems like something that should be done via an initramfs.This patch introduces a rootdir kernel boot parameter, which specifies
the path to the kernel sys_chroot boot dir.
This is useful for systems that have more than one distribution
installed on the same fs/partition.
Agreed. But, not everybody boots their systems via initramfs, and even if they did, they also have to know how to reconfigure it.
In contrast, this patch offers the rootdir functionality as a simple bootparm and without any extra initramfs dependency.