Flesh out the reason for the need for tmpfs a little.

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Warner Losh 2017-12-20 16:02:11 +00:00
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
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@ -144,7 +144,10 @@ After changing vfs.root.mountfrom with
can be used to change the root filesystem while preserving kernel state. can be used to change the root filesystem while preserving kernel state.
This requires the This requires the
.Xr tmpfs 5 .Xr tmpfs 5
kernel module to be loaded. kernel module to be loaded because
.Xr init 8
needs a place to store itself after the old root is unmounted, but
before the new root is in place.
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.Pp .Pp
The The