[klibc] Query regarding initramfs

[H. Peter Anvin]

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Milton Miller wrote:
>>
>> I did notice that when rootfs went in. *  (I wasn't asking for it).
>>
>> Another change that could be made is to expand the cpios into a
>> mounted file system rather than into rootfs, which would eliminate
>> one of the differences vs. initrd and would allow pivot_root to work.
> 
> Eliminating pivot_root() is a good thing.  It seemed like a good idea at 
> the time (heck, it was my idea), but it really has a bunch of ugly 
> corner cases.
> 

More bluntly, part of the goal of initramfs/klibc/early userspace is not 
to reimplement old design errors... we're trying to clean up some of the 
mess at least...

	-hpa