Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] chroot= as a new kernel parameter

[H. Peter Anvin]

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Pawel Plociennik wrote:
> > > Hi Andrew and other *real* hackers,
> > >
> > > I have sent a *last* version of a patch which it has added a new kernel parameter chroot=
> > > It were discusioned a *long time* on a lkml so I hope that it will has been applied.
> > It has been discussed and *rejected* a large number of times.
> >
> > This is completely useless bloat.
>
> why is it useless? Would it be more acceptable were it made dependent on 
> a .config option?

It's useless because it's exactly and trivially replaceable with:

	init=/path/to/any/sbin/chroot /newroot /sbin/init

The last thing we want is to pile more stuff into the in-kernel 
initialization code, and no, making it a config option makes it even worse.

	-hpa
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