Re: [PATCH] root-hopping for pre-2.3.41-3

Werner Almesberger (almesber@lrc.di.epfl.ch)
Wed, 26 Jan 2000 17:56:24 +0100 (MET)

Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> The current change_root() works and doesn't bother the kernel threads.
> Rpciod sleeps until portmap is up (much later in the boot-sequence),
> and the lock-daemon isn't involved until after the real init is started.

The main reason for root-hopping is exactly to fix NFS root. If we
agree that we don't want to fix it, fine, forget root-hopping.

- Werner

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