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Message-Id: <200808311538.38918.bzolnier@gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:38:38 +0200
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, dm-devel@...hat.com
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for August 27

On Saturday 30 August 2008, Tejun Heo wrote:

[...]

> > Actually it seems that CONFIG_DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT introduction (which I
> > think is a nice step forward) is a good oportunity to put the deprecation
> > of the default root device further, i.e. it may be worth to hook the
> > default root device check and/or CONFIG_DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT one into
> > mount_block_root().
> 
> Maybe we can add a warning there if BLOCK_EXT_DEVT is enabled or do
> you have something else on mind?

Yes, this is would be nice, having warning on using the default root
device (instead of "root=") would be even nicer.

Thanks,
Bart
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