stop ignoring initramfs in df ?
Rob Landley
rob at landley.net
Thu Feb 15 21:51:04 UTC 2007
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 3:51 pm, Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 February 2007 14:00, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > so i started to add a df build option, "ignore initramfs mount", that
would
> > control the hardcoded filter in df.c for the "rootfs" mount ... idea being
> > that in embedded/bootable systems, it is common to run right out of the
> > initramfs rather than switching over to a "normal" root
> >
> > however, i cant decide whether this warrants an actual build option ...
the
> > trade offs are that in the desktop case, you'd never want to see the
rootfs
> > output ... but does controlling literally 2 lines of code offset this ?
>
> I don't know what is a rationale for hiding that. It _is_ mounted there,
right?
> So why we are lying to user that it isn't there?
>
> In my opinion we should just remove this feature.
P.S.
http://landley.net/notes-2006.html#28-10-2006
and
http://landley.net/notes-2006.html#29-10-2006
Rob
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