Author: imp Date: Wed Dec 20 16:02:11 2017 New Revision: 327027 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/327027
Log: Flesh out the reason for the need for tmpfs a little. Sponsored by: Netflix Modified: head/sbin/reboot/reboot.8 Modified: head/sbin/reboot/reboot.8 ============================================================================== --- head/sbin/reboot/reboot.8 Wed Dec 20 15:50:21 2017 (r327026) +++ head/sbin/reboot/reboot.8 Wed Dec 20 16:02:11 2017 (r327027) @@ -144,7 +144,10 @@ After changing vfs.root.mountfrom with can be used to change the root filesystem while preserving kernel state. This requires the .Xr tmpfs 5 -kernel module to be loaded. +kernel module to be loaded because +.Xr init 8 +needs a place to store itself after the old root is unmounted, but +before the new root is in place. .El .Pp The _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"