linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/34] x86: Allow to override the ROOT

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Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:11:50 +0200
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/34] x86: Allow to override the ROOT_DEV variable

On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 23:25 -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:

> Does the default of FLOPPY still get used after this patch, or is this a stale comment?

It looks like a stale comment to me. The default currently actually is
0, 0 (major, minor). I'm not sure "FLOPPY" even works. Is
'stat("FLOPPY", ...)' legal?

> Also, I sort of expected to see more code removed that *used* the no-longer-passed
> value of ROOT_DEV.

That's what I expect too. See my addendum to Michal's patch in the
message I sent a few hours ago.


Paul Bolle

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