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| author | Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> | 2023-05-31 14:55:23 +0200 |
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| committer | Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> | 2023-06-05 18:55:20 +0200 |
| commit | c0c1a7dcb6f5db4500e6574294674213bc24940c (patch) | |
| tree | 56cb7a924407b6d86afcf1a059ef55b1a1438be5 /Documentation | |
| parent | init: factor the root_wait logic in prepare_namespace into a helper (diff) | |
| download | linux-c0c1a7dcb6f5db4500e6574294674213bc24940c.tar.xz linux-c0c1a7dcb6f5db4500e6574294674213bc24940c.zip | |
init: move the nfs/cifs/ram special cases out of name_to_dev_t
The nfs/cifs/ram special case only needs to be parsed once, and only in
the boot code. Move them out of name_to_dev_t and into
prepare_namespace.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230531125535.676098-13-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 9e5bab29685f..457c342d1597 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -5452,7 +5452,12 @@ port and the regular usb controller gets disabled. root= [KNL] Root filesystem - See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c. + Usually this a a block device specifier of some kind, + see the name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c for + details. + Alternatively this can be "ram" for the legacy initial + ramdisk, "nfs" and "cifs" for root on a network file + system, or "mtd" and "ubi" for mounting from raw flash. rootdelay= [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to mount the root filesystem |