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
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 ubase and choosing the tools you need for
the job almost solves the prob
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