[OE-core] [PATCH 05/10] initramfs-framework: support mounting rootfs in modules

[Patrick Ohly]

On Wed, 2015-09-02 at 13:24 -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Otavio Salvador <otavio at ossystems.com.br> wrote:
> > If there is any limitation please share the use case so we can
> > understand the need for it.
> 
> I found the live module and understood why you want to do this.
> Instead you could use:
> 
> - live as 99-live
> - move finish for 99-rootfs-mount and split as a package
> - put RCONFLICTS and RPROVIDES initramfs-module-rootfs-mount.

So you are suggesting that either "live" or "finish" do the final step
of mounting the rootfs and switching to the rootfs? I actually wanted to
have an initramfs which can be used in the live image *and* on a real
disk and thus would need both, with the "live" module doing nothing
unless booting from the live image.

That's because the initramfs would also contain IMA initialization, and
that is needed in both cases. Maintaining two different initramfs
versions would be an alternative, but then the user and/or script which
does the installation must be aware of the difference. It would also
prevent embedding the initramfs inside the kernel
(INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE).

But I'm fine with dropping these two patches for now and revisit the
topic at a later time. I'll remove them from V2 of the patch series.

-- 
Best Regards, Patrick Ohly

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