linux-kernel - Re: kernel cmdline: root=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sda1 "fallback"?

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Message-ID: <45AF827C.4020902@wpkg.org>
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
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