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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:21:48 +0100 From: Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@...g.org> To: Al Borchers <alb@...gle.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel cmdline: root=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sda1 "fallback"? Al Borchers wrote: > Thomas Chmielewski wrote: >> These all unpleasant tasks could be avoided if it was possible to have a >> "fallback" device. For example, consider this hypothetical command line: >> >> root=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sda1 > > Here is a patch to do this, though it sounds like you might have other > solutions. > > This patch is for 2.6.18.1--thanks to Ed Falk for updating my original > 2.6.11 patch. If people are interested I can update and test this on > the current kernel. It was tested on 2.6.11. Yes, I'd be interested in a patch against a 2.6.19. It is way simpler to do it this way than to do it with initramfs (although not as flexible). I tried your patch against 2.6.19, with some minor changes (as it wouldn't apply), but it didn't work for me (perhaps I just screwed something). -- Tomasz Chmielewski http://wpkg.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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