[SSI-devel] Re: init/main.c changes

[John B. <joh...@hp...>]

Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Debian expects the kernel to start  /sbin/init ( which is placed in the 
> ramdisk as a script that does all the work that /linuxrc is expected to 
> do ).  Looking at changes in init/main.c OpenSSI kernel doesn't do this. 
> Is there a reason to deviate from the mainline behavior here ?
> 
> For more information distro-pkgs/debian/initrd-tools/linuxrc and 
> distro-pkgs/debian/initrd-tools/init
> 
> -aneesh
> 

I'm confused. What "mainline" behavior are we deviating from in running 
/linuxrc? The vanilla 2.4.25 kernel I'm looking at expects to run 
/linuxrc in an initrd. (see handle_initrd() in do_mounts.c) We run it 
from a different place than handle_initrd() and in that place the kernel 
expects to run "/sbin/init", but then the kernel expects to be running a 
real root filesystem there.

John