Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262403AbVAUQmh (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:42:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262419AbVAUQlt (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:41:49 -0500 Received: from dialin-164-213.tor.primus.ca ([216.254.164.213]:2688 "EHLO node1.opengeometry.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262423AbVAUQie (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:38:34 -0500 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 17:49:11 -0500 From: William Park To: Daniel Drake Cc: Andrew Morton , Helge Hafting , rddunlap@osdl.org, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, jhf@rivenstone.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au Subject: Re: [PATCH] Configurable delay before mounting root device Message-ID: <20050120224911.GA2791@node1.opengeometry.net> Mail-Followup-To: Daniel Drake , Andrew Morton , Helge Hafting , rddunlap@osdl.org, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, jhf@rivenstone.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au References: <20050114002352.5a038710.akpm@osdl.org> <20050116005930.GA2273@zion.rivenstone.net> <41EC7A60.9090707@gentoo.org> <20050118003413.GA26051@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <41EC5207.3030003@osdl.org> <41ECC8AF.9020404@hist.no> <20050118004935.7bd4a099.akpm@osdl.org> <41F01ADA.60605@gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41F01ADA.60605@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 896 Lines: 25 On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 08:55:54PM +0000, Daniel Drake wrote: > Adds a boot parameter which can be used to specify a delay (in seconds) > before the root device is decoded/discovered/mounted. > > Example usage for 10 second delay: > > rootdelay=10 > > Useful for usb-storage devices which no longer make their partitions > immediately available, and for other storage devices which require some > "spin-up" time. > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake Very concise. It's much better than 2.4 patch or its 2.6 adaptation (my patch)... -- William Park , Toronto, Canada Slackware Linux -- because I can type. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/