[lxc-devel] [PATCH 5/5] document rootfs options
Ferenc Wagner
wferi at niif.hu
Wed Jun 9 17:56:07 UTC 2010
Signed-off-by: Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu>
---
doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in b/doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in
index 1305849..6c98714 100644
--- a/doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in
+++ b/doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
<refsect2>
<title>Root file system</title>
<para>
- The root file system is the location where the container will
- chroot.
+ The root file system of the container can be different than that
+ of the host system.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@@ -383,8 +383,39 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- specify a file location containing the new file tree for
- a root file system.
+ specify a directory to become the root of the container.
+ If not specified, the container shares its root file
+ system with the host.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>lxc.rootfs.mount</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ where to recursively bind <option>lxc.rootfs</option>
+ before pivoting. This is to ensure success of the
+ <command>pivot_root</command><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ syscall. Any directory suffices, the default should
+ generally work.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>lxc.pivotdir</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ where to pivot the original root file system under
+ <option>lxc.rootfs</option>, specified relatively to
+ that. The default is <filename>oldrootfs</filename>.
+ It is created if necessary, and also removed after
+ unmounting everything from it during container setup.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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1.6.5
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