From owner-svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Thu Oct 15 20:00:49 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44D6BA15811; Thu, 15 Oct 2015 20:00:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emaste@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EC235DD6; Thu, 15 Oct 2015 20:00:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emaste@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id t9FK0mH9018083; Thu, 15 Oct 2015 20:00:48 GMT (envelope-from emaste@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from emaste@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id t9FK0maE018082; Thu, 15 Oct 2015 20:00:48 GMT (envelope-from emaste@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201510152000.t9FK0maE018082@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: emaste set sender to emaste@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Ed Maste Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 20:00:48 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r47567 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 20:00:49 -0000 Author: emaste (src committer) Date: Thu Oct 15 20:00:47 2015 New Revision: 47567 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47567 Log: Add reroot project report, from trasz@ Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Thu Oct 15 19:02:39 2015 (r47566) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Thu Oct 15 20:00:47 2015 (r47567) @@ -654,6 +654,49 @@ + + Root remount + + + + + Edward Tomasz + Napierala + + trasz@FreeBSD.org + + + + + + + + +

One of the long missing features of FreeBSD was the ability + to boot up 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 pivot_root. + 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's as simple as + running "reboot -r", which makes the system perform 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.

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The kernel part of the project was committed to 11-CURRENT. + The userland part is at "finishing touches" stage, and is + expected to be committed soon. + A merge to stable/10 is planned and reroot support should + be included in &os; 10.3.

+ + + + The FreeBSD Foundation + + + The FreeBSD Foundation