Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:17:11 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] init: fix name of root device in /proc/mounts |
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On 03/19/2013 03:28 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > All, > > I haven't heard any more on this patch, so I wanted to ping the > thread again and find out the status. > > The original message is linked below[1]. > > The issue is that /dev/root appears in /proc/mounts if you do not > boot with an initramfs, but /dev/root is not a device node. In the > past, udev created a symbolic link from /dev/root to the > appropriate block device, but it does not do this any longer. Also, > devtmpfs does not create this symbolic link. > > This is causing bugs with software that depends on the existence > of /dev/root [2] for example. > > Do you need any more information on this patch, or is there some > reason it can't go in? >
Seems okay to me, although even better would be to use the udev name of the device in question.
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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