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Subject: Re: [PATCH] init/main.c/root_dev_names - another one #ifdef
To: zzz@cd-club.ru (Denis Zaitsev)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 00:15:10 +0000 (GMT)
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> The idea is to include the SCSI disk's names into the list only if we
> compile the kernel with the corresponding support.  It's not very
> serious patch, but to put the things in order...  Linus, please, apply
> it.

It took that out deliberately a few months back. The ifdefs in fact
break stuff

Firstly the array is __init so is discarded on boot

Secondly if you have an initrd containing the scsi driver layers then you
can specify root=sda quite legitimately.


Alan
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