[Bug 1002258] Re: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

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** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Debian)
   Importance: Undecided => Unknown

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Title:
  initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the
  initramfs

Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  Imported from Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/652459:

  Package: initramfs-tools
  Version: 0.99
  Severity: normal
  Tags: patch

  Hi,

  In order to make the libraries and binaries in /usr available during
  early boot, it would be desirable to be able to mount /usr in addition
  to the rootfs inside the initramfs.

  This patch implements a generic solution into two parts
  1) Generation of /etc/fstab in the initramfs, including the rootfs
     and all the filesystems desired to be mounted
  2) In local mountroot(), rather than just mounting the rootfs, loop
     over all mountpoints in /etc/fstab and mount them.

  Note that this can replace the ROOT= option with the fstab entry alone,
  though if set, ROOT= supercedes the root entry.  If the host /etc/fstab
  does not contain a root entry, a dummy one is generated to ensure that
  the rootfs is always the first entry in the initramfs fstab.  This
  also means that the rootfs may be mounted with the options in
  /etc/fstab.

  This isn't intended to apply directly--it's more of a proof of concept.
  I've tested the fstab generator; I haven't yet tested local mountroot().
  Not being totally familiar with the initramfs internals, it might also
  need:

  - inclusion of modules for the additional filesystems
  - ability to NFS mount filesystems other than the rootfs, i.e.
    it might need nfsmount for local (not that this is a useful use
    case)

  Also note that the initramfs mount option (patch sent upstream) is not
  yet in mount(8), and it would need to be before the option could be
  used.

  
  Regards,
  Roger

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