Re: [PATCH] ip autoconfig with modules, kernel 2.4

Peter Svensson (petersv@psv.nu)
Fri, 11 May 2001 20:21:32 +0200 (CEST)


On Fri, 11 May 2001, Brian J. Murrell wrote:

> If there were a way to tell the kernel, from userspace, for
> change_root()/mount_root() where the nfsroot path was, yes. I have
> been hunting through all of the (nfs) root mount code and I don't see
> it. It looks like it can be set either on the command line, or by the
> kernel implementation of bootp. Am I missing it somewhere?

Doesn't the pivot_root do just that in 2.4? Not that I have used it or
anything.

Peter

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