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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:06:13 +0200 From: Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org> To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Please add generic support for root=UUID= at kernel parameter command line (LABEL, BYID maybe also) On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:11:15 -0700 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> wrote: > On 08/23/2010 01:05 PM, Florian Mickler wrote: > > > > I'm not exactly shure, but isn't the search command in grub2 what you > > want? > > > > http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=38599 > > > > You can let grub2 figure out which drive is which and pass the right > > devices to the kernel... > > > > Fantastic! So when grub2's idea of device naming doesn't match what > the kernel ends up with, it will cause all kinds of odd failures. > > This really needs to be done by Linux. As far as doing this stuff in > the kernel, one of the major motivations for klibc was to be able to do > this kind of stuff without having to have people write kernel code, but > klibc integrated into the kernel build didn't get enough support to > actually make it in -- it still exists and is maintained as a standalone > system, and it's possible to write a very small initramfs with it. > > -hpa hehe, indeed. I didn't think it through :) -- 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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