linux-kernel - Re: USB storage no-boot regression (bisected)

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Message-ID: <20090415094039.3ff3ff2e@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:40:39 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Linux USB kernel mailing list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: USB storage no-boot regression (bisected)

> If this change added an implicit initramfs requirement, that is a pretty 
> major regression.

USB root has always needed an initramfs. On some boxes it might happen to
work most of the time because of other implicit delays. You were just
lucky in the past.

If you are so initramfs averse you could try hacking the kernel to try
remounting the root every few seconds for a bit if it fails rather than
giving up.

Alan


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