linux-kernel - Re: [patch] dont force uclinux mtd map to be root dev

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Message-ID: <20070413122843.GA30232@infradead.org>
Date:	Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:28:43 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
Cc:	greg@...inux.org, michele.damico@...re.it,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] dont force uclinux mtd map to be root dev

On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:19:31AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> the cheesy uclinux mtd maps can be used for more than just the root device, so 
> i think we should drop the forcing.  also, i feel like this is a policy 
> decision that shouldnt be in the kernel in the first place.  people who have 
> been lazy and boot with uclinux mtd maps and dont put root= into their 
> commandline can simply add the appropriate root= line either into their 
> bootloader or into the compiled in bootargs

Agreed.  I remember trying to get rid of this a while ago, but I can't
remember what happened to it.

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