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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:17:16 +0200
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: skitching@apache.org
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Subject: Re: boot device order troubleshooting without an initrd
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On Mon 2010-04-19 22:20:23, skitching@apache.org wrote:
> As it happens, I've been looking into this issue recently.
> [Warning: kernel newbie speaking!]
> 
> Without an initrd, the options for the root= kernel parameters are only those supported in init/do_mount.c:
>   1.   root=MAJOR:MINOR
>   2.   root=integer   where integer is MAJOR<<n + minor
>   3    root=/dev/xxx
> (well, apart fron "mtd" and "ubi" options).

And nfs?

> Unfortunately, all of these options are sensitive to hardware changes, ie device enumeration order. So I 
> think that right now the answer to your question is: no, you can't get what you want without an initrd.
> 
> And I doubt that changes to the linux device-enumeration code "to be consistent with the BIOS" would be accepted.
>

If it is clean enough... why not?

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