Re: s6-linux-init, alpine linux, and initramfs

2017-02-01 Thread Guillaume Perréal
Le 01/02/2017 à 08:42, Casper Ti. Vector a écrit : From those distros I have used, it seems that the kernel does not eat anything from its command line, so I think it is unnecessary to duplicate the `rootfs' parameter. Once it has all the information it needs and has found its rootfs, the in

Re: s6-linux-init, alpine linux, and initramfs

2017-02-01 Thread Casper Ti. Vector
Oh, now I understand what you and Laurent meant: apart from `/proc/cmdline', the kernel also exports its boot parameters (except for `root=...', parameters without a value and possibly something else) into the environment of the init process. This is really useful when not all parameters need to b