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

[Otavio Salvador]

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 3:29 AM, Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly at intel.com> wrote:
> 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).

I see your point and it is a valid one.

However in this case, the finish change needs to be reworked to avoid
too much indenting change for no reason, the finish_enabled function
can be used for this.

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