Re: Failover root devices

[Drew DeVault]

> I personally think this is opening a can of worms. Now it's just a list
> of alternative root devices. But the kernel knows absolutely nothing
> about these. When is it fine to try an alternative? Why did the first
> one not work? Did we just not wait long enough? Or is it a failed RAID
> device? Or is it an encrypted disk that needs setup? Or is it on NFS and
> the network is not available (or we are lacking driver firmware)?

I don't think these are problems that aren't already inherent in a 
single root device via root=.

> It could actually introduce security problems: if I know that a device
> will fallback to an alternative root (under my control), I can try and
> DOS the primary root.

If you have physical access then the machine is yours to do with as you 
please.

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Drew DeVault
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