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

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Message-ID: <49E6948E.3040901@rtr.ca>
Date:	Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:14:38 -0400
From:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Linux USB kernel mailing list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	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)

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:55:08 -0400
..
>> No, that's not the same thing.
>> rootwait has no timeout -- it waits *forever*,
>> which will break auto-recovery on servers.
> 
> btw while I don't disagree that something like this is nice...
> 
> .... who would boot their server from a USB stick for production use?
..

At least one MAJOR storage vendor that I know of.
Probably more.

Though it's an onboard USB SSD, not a pluggable stick.

Cheers
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