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Diffstat (limited to 'util-linux/switch_root.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | util-linux/switch_root.c | 24 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/util-linux/switch_root.c b/util-linux/switch_root.c index 92e385b98..32708934e 100644 --- a/util-linux/switch_root.c +++ b/util-linux/switch_root.c @@ -10,20 +10,20 @@ //config: default y //config: select PLATFORM_LINUX //config: help -//config: The switch_root utility is used from initramfs to select a new -//config: root device. Under initramfs, you have to use this instead of -//config: pivot_root. (Stop reading here if you don't care why.) +//config: The switch_root utility is used from initramfs to select a new +//config: root device. Under initramfs, you have to use this instead of +//config: pivot_root. (Stop reading here if you don't care why.) //config: -//config: Booting with initramfs extracts a gzipped cpio archive into rootfs -//config: (which is a variant of ramfs/tmpfs). Because rootfs can't be moved -//config: or unmounted*, pivot_root will not work from initramfs. Instead, -//config: switch_root deletes everything out of rootfs (including itself), -//config: does a mount --move that overmounts rootfs with the new root, and -//config: then execs the specified init program. +//config: Booting with initramfs extracts a gzipped cpio archive into rootfs +//config: (which is a variant of ramfs/tmpfs). Because rootfs can't be moved +//config: or unmounted*, pivot_root will not work from initramfs. Instead, +//config: switch_root deletes everything out of rootfs (including itself), +//config: does a mount --move that overmounts rootfs with the new root, and +//config: then execs the specified init program. //config: -//config: * Because the Linux kernel uses rootfs internally as the starting -//config: and ending point for searching through the kernel's doubly linked -//config: list of active mount points. That's why. +//config: * Because the Linux kernel uses rootfs internally as the starting +//config: and ending point for searching through the kernel's doubly linked +//config: list of active mount points. That's why. //applet:IF_SWITCH_ROOT(APPLET(switch_root, BB_DIR_SBIN, BB_SUID_DROP)) |