initrd: read file from flash

[Martin Langhoff]

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 6:12 AM, Esteban Bordón <ebordon.uy at gmail.com> wrote:
> In that case I should modify bitfrost code, right?

Just use it as a reference ;-)

>> If your file is in /boot or anywhere else in what becomes the "root"
>> partition, you have to navigate the /versions directory and follow the
>> 'current' symlinks.
>
>  Could I navigate these directories as any python program
> (open('/versions/boot/current/myfile', 'r')) ?

Yes. IIRC, the python code uses "with" blocks that look like

   with blk_mounted(x,y,z):

and

  with root_mounted(x,y):

which means that the partition is unmounted when the block exits (inc
via an exception). Every mount of / is very costly in time, so you
want to add your code to the existing "with xxx_mounted()" block to
avoid slowing down boot times.

cheers,



m
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