JFFS2 & 2.5.59 & FS_REQUIRES_DEV

[Henrik Nordstrom]

fre 2003-02-07 klockan 13.27 skrev David Woodhouse:
> On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 12:19, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> > While the root= argument is not passed to root filesystems, rootfsflags=
> > are. So I think you should be able to use something like
> > 
> > devfs=mount root=/dev/root rootfsflags=[mtddevspec]... rootfs=jffs2
> > 
> > then have the filesystem fix up /dev/root.
> > 
> > This is used successfully in UML to mount a non-block root filesystem
> > (hostfs).
> 
> Shan't :)
> 
> The flags are not for passing the device to be mounted. But thanks for
> pointing out another case where this is needed.

NFS is yet another one perhaps more familiar to most people if you want
to take the torch on rewriting boot= processing and rootfs mounting..
NFS is handled quite a bit special in the kernel root mount..

-- 
Henrik Nordstrom <hno at marasystems.com>
MARA Systems AB