On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:15:38PM +0000, Roger Leigh wrote: > Hi, > > I've attached a trivial patch for an "initramfs" mount option. The > purpose of this patch is that selected mounts in /etc/fstab can be > identified for mounting in the generated initramfs. This will > permit e.g. mounting of a separate /etc and /usr and any other > admin-configured filesystems prior to init starting. The following patch documents this in the mount(8) manpage. Regards, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail.
>From 6ea3cf1bdc58d2c1e0124967268d1d1e82c838a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roger Leigh <rleigh@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:11:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] mount.8: Document initramfs mount option --- mount/mount.8 | 10 ++++++++++ 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/mount/mount.8 b/mount/mount.8 index fc352b5..f7be9d3 100644 --- a/mount/mount.8 +++ b/mount/mount.8 @@ -917,6 +917,16 @@ This option implies the options (unless overridden by subsequent options, as in the option line .BR group,dev,suid ). .TP +.B initramfs +The filesystem will be mounted by initial initramfs, before the root +filesystem becomes available. This permits separation of files +required for boot onto separate filesystems, such as those in /etc and +/usr. This additionally permits selected encryption of files in /etc, +for example, while leaving the remainder of the files in / and /usr +unencrypted for performance. Note that filesystems marked using this +option may require the running of a tool to update the initramfs +following any changes. +.TP .B iversion Every time the inode is modified, the i_version field will be incremented. .TP -- 1.7.7.3
