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SubjectRe: [PATCH] initramfs + sysfs as root fix
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Followup to:  <200308232157.53962.gkajmowi@tbaytel.net>
By author: Garrett Kajmowicz <gkajmowi@tbaytel.net>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> This is my first real patch, so please vet thoroughly
>
> This patch allows a person to not require mounting a root device at startup.
> This works idealy for people trying to use the initramfs/sysfs as the only
> filesystem.
>
> What happens is that when the root device is set to 0,0 mount_root is not
> called. I have tested in VMWare extensively, and the patch is quite minimal.
>
> +++ linux/init/do_mounts.c 2003-08-23 17:22:59.000000000 -0400
> @@ -380,6 +380,12 @@
> if (is_floppy && rd_doload && rd_load_disk(0))
> ROOT_DEV = Root_RAM0;
>
> +#ifndef CONFIG_ROOT_NFS
> + if (MAJOR(ROOT_DEV) == UNNAMED_MAJOR && MINOR(ROOT_DEV) == 0) {
> + goto out;
> + }
> +#endif
> +
> mount_root();

It seems ugly, to say the least, to conditionalize this on
CONFIG_ROOT_NFS. If anything it should be conditionalized on no NFS
root actually configured, which is a very different thing.

(Of course, then nfsroot should be done via initramfs...)

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