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Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB HardDisk Booting 2.4.20
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Wesley Wright <wewright@verizonmail.com>
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On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 17:27, Wesley Wright wrote:
> My tests show that it seems to work, and I haven't noticed any odd side
> affects by initcall-ing the usb devices (concern over this topic is why
> I enabled it for static USB MSD only).
> 
> Does this seem a reasonable solution, or does anyone have something more
> elegant?

Is there a reason for not using initrd for this. That should let you
use any kind of root device even ones requiring user space work before
the real root is mounted.

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