Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 15:55:42 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46972 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201507141555.t6EFtgnk079106@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock Date: Tue Jul 14 15:55:42 2015 New Revision: 46972 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46972 Log: Add Edward Tomasz Napiera?a <trasz@FreeBSD.org>'s root remount report. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml Tue Jul 14 15:49:20 2015 (r46971) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml Tue Jul 14 15:55:42 2015 (r46972) @@ -1190,4 +1190,46 @@ Mellanox Technologies </sponsor> </project> + + <project cat='proj'> + <title>Root Remount</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Edward Tomasz</given> + <common>Napierala</common> + </name> + <email>trasz@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <body> + <p>One of the long missing features of &os; was the ability to + boot with a temporary rootfs, configure the kernel to be able + to access the real rootfs, and then replace the temporary root + with the real one. In Linux, the functionality is known as + <tt>pivot_root</tt>. The reroot projects aims to provide + similar functionality in a different, slightly more + user-friendly way: rerooting. Simply put, from the user point + of view it looks like the system performs a partial shutdown, + killing all processes and unmounting the rootfs, and then + partial bringup, mounting the new rootfs, running init, and + running the startup scripts as usual.</p> + + <p>The project is in the late implementation phase. A working + prototype was written, and work is in process to rewrite it in + an architecturally nicer way.</p> + </body> + + <sponsor> + The FreeBSD Foundation + </sponsor> + + <help> + <task> + <p>Complete debugging</p> + </task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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