Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754505AbWKMLgl (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:36:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754506AbWKMLgl (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:36:41 -0500 Received: from emailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.24]:52954 "EHLO emailer.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754505AbWKMLgk (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:36:40 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:36:23 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Ivan Ukhov cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: /dev before the root filesystem is mounted In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 669 Lines: 20 > I want the kernel (2.4) to display (just using printk) all available > devices with full path (/dev/...) before the root filesystem is > mounted. Case 1: You do not use an initrd/initramfs: / is empty, /dev does not exist. Case 2: You do use an initrd/initramfs You populated /dev during creation of the initrd/initramfs image OR your init script inside the initrd/initramfs mknods the nodes when run. -`J' -- - 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/