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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:22:09 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> To: William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@...il.com> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mpagano@...too.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] init: fix name of root device in /proc/mounts On 01/31/2013 02:51 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > On a system that does not use an initramfs, /dev/root was always > listed in /proc/mounts. This breaks software which scans /proc/mounts to > determine which file systems are mounted since /dev/root is not a valid > device name. > > This changes that processing so that "/dev/root" is only added to > /proc/mounts if a root device is not specified with the root= option on > the kernel command line. > > Signed-off-by: William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@...il.com> Let me also point out that most of the time, the kernel actually has a udev device name for an actual device... -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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