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Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 07:05:30 +0500
From: Denis Zaitsev <zzz@cd-club.ru>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] init/main.c/root_dev_names - another one #ifdef
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On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 04:12:36PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> I think that array really is broken. We should get the name association
> from the array that "register_blkdev()" maintains, I'm sure. That way

If this array will be thrown away, am I right that we will lose an
ability to do root=/dev/hda ?  As only "new names" will retain?  And
by the way, it seems that devfs maintains the neccessary information,
not the array you have mentioned...
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