From 2603e7f62a5a9e902a554855ed601d0619817b71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Osborne Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:55:15 +0000 Subject: initramfs: New modular initramfs for booting kernel from various media. * Design principles: * This initramfs just mounts roots and runs init on it, nothing else. * Whenever possible, existing kernel parameters are used. When extended boot methods are provided, new parameters mimick/adhere to existing conventions. * System is modular/pluggable - each mount method is in own module with more or less well defined interface, it's possible to construct complete system with any combination of modules. * Modules includes: initramfs-module-loop, initramfs-module-nfs, to boot from loop devices (including recursive loops) and NFS, correspondingly. --- packages/initrdscripts/files/loopboot.sh | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+) create mode 100644 packages/initrdscripts/files/loopboot.sh (limited to 'packages/initrdscripts/files/loopboot.sh') diff --git a/packages/initrdscripts/files/loopboot.sh b/packages/initrdscripts/files/loopboot.sh new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..55a1948db8 --- /dev/null +++ b/packages/initrdscripts/files/loopboot.sh @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +if [ "$ROOT_DEVICE" = "/dev/loop" ]; then + loop_mount() { + loopdev=/dev/loop$loop_num + mountpt=/mnt/loop$loop_num + + [ -e $loopdev ] || mknod $loopdev b 7 $loop_num + + # if only one argument was specified, let it be path not dev + if [ -z "$path" ] && [ -n "$dev" ]; then + path="$dev" + dev="" + fi + [ -z "$offset" ] && offset=0 + + if [ -n "$dev" ]; then + hostpt=`expr "$dev" : '.*/\([^/]*\)'` + [ -z "$hostpt" ] && hostpt="$dev" + + echo "Mounting $dev on $hostpt" + mkdir $hostpt + mount $dev $hostpt + cd $hostpt + fi + + echo "Loopback setup of $path (offset $offset)" + losetup -o "$offset" "$loopdev" "$path" + + echo "Mounting $loopdev on $mountpt" + mkdir "$mountpt" + mount "$loopdev" "$mountpt" + cd "$mountpt" + BOOT_ROOT="$mountpt" + loop_num=`expr "$loop_num" + 1` + } + + modprobe vfat + modprobe loop + + loop_num=0 + + for arg in $CMDLINE; do + optarg=`expr "x$arg" : 'x[^=]*=\(.*\)'` + echo $arg xxx $optarg + case $arg in + looproot=*) + dev=`expr "$optarg" : '\([^:]*\).*'` + path=`expr "$optarg" : '[^:]*:\([^:]*\).*'` + offset=`expr "$optarg" : '[^:]*:[^:]*:\([^:]*\).*'` + loop_mount ;; + esac + done +fi -- cgit v1.2.3