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SubjectRe: /dev/root changes with 3.17-rc
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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