Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753798AbYJ3Gon (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:44:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752711AbYJ3Gof (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:44:35 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:56976 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752656AbYJ3Goe (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:44:34 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:43:56 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Marton Balint Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] block:do_mounts - add device info to mount message Message-Id: <20081029234356.aa1a3760.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.5; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 621 Lines: 15 On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:31:53 +0200 (CEST) Marton Balint wrote: > Printing the minor and major number of the successfully mounted root > device can be quite useful, the patch adds this piece of information > to the "VFS: Mounted root..." message. > Can you expand upon "quite useful", please? In what way is it useful? A real-world example would help. -- 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/