On Wed, 23 May 2007, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> You also have to understand what the end user wants.  They want to be
> able to change the root file system, as their applications see it,
> just like the Linux pivot root system call.  The init hack does
> exactly this, from the world view of these users' application.  Sure,
> it uses a different mechanism to accomplish the same thing, but the
> end results are the same.  "The Linux 'pivot root' concept is
> accomplished in NetBSD by init doing a chroot at the right time so the
> effect is nearly identical, and often times exactly what the doctor
> ordered."

Sure - find someone not to disagree violently, and then use your own 
commit bit. I won't touch this again.


  - Hubert