linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] init: Warn on non-existent rdinit

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Message-ID: <4F061E4F.4080103@nod.at>
Date:	Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:03:59 +0100
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, mingo@...e.hu, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] init: Warn on non-existent rdinit

Am 05.01.2012 23:00, schrieb Eric W. Biederman:
> Perhaps it has a /linuxrc.  If you can find a way of figuring out we
> always need the file we can print an error.  Otherwise it is a case of
> the kernel auto-detecting what to do, and not printing a warning when it
> has decided there is no /init to play with.
> 

If i find a nice way, I'll post a patch.

In my case I had a kernel with a built-in initramfs which contained a /linuxrc, but no /init.
I had no clue why the kernel always tried to boot from root=.

Thanks,
//richard



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