Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 10 Oct 2014 15:36:35 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: /dev/root changes with 3.17-rc |
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On Fri 2014-10-10 21:52:57, Norbert Preining wrote: > On Fri, 10 Oct 2014, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > I am not sure whether this is a kernel bug, but: > > > - booting with 3.16 I get > > > / mounted on /dev/sda6 > > > - booting with 3.17-rc* I get > > > / mounted on /dev/root > > > > Where do you see the this? /proc/mounts? > > After loads of testing I found out what is the problem: initramfs. > > I normally compile my own kernel with all the drivers built-in, > and no initramfs ... and in this case, without initrd, it seems that > / is somehow not remounted to a proper scsi device, but remains > at /dev/root.
But that was always the case, no? Yes, it would be nice to print real root device name in /proc/mounts, but it was "broken" for as far as I can remember... Pavel
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