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SubjectRe: initrd and NFS
On Tue, 20 May 1997, Werner Almesberger wrote:

> Are there any other problems initrd users have experienced ?

Yes: If you boot with initrd, you cannot start a UMSDOS based Linux-system
because the pseudo-root will get destroyed. The attached patch fixes this.

> Thanks,
> - Werner

Hubert mantel@suse.de

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diff -urN linux-2.0.30/fs/super.c linux-2.0.30-initrd/fs/super.c
--- linux-2.0.30/fs/super.c Tue Apr 8 17:47:46 1997
+++ linux-2.0.30-initrd/fs/super.c Tue May 20 14:18:17 1997
@@ -1054,6 +1054,17 @@
}
ROOT_DEV = new_root_dev;
do_mount_root();
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS
+ {
+ extern struct inode *pseudo_root;
+ if (pseudo_root != NULL){
+ current->fs->root = pseudo_root;
+ current->fs->pwd = pseudo_root;
+ }
+ }
+#endif
+
old_fs = get_fs();
set_fs(get_ds());
error = namei(put_old,&inode);
diff -urN linux-2.0.30/fs/umsdos/inode.c linux-2.0.30-initrd/fs/umsdos/inode.c
--- linux-2.0.30/fs/umsdos/inode.c Sat Nov 30 11:21:22 1996
+++ linux-2.0.30-initrd/fs/umsdos/inode.c Tue May 20 14:22:57 1997
@@ -380,6 +380,9 @@
/*
Read the super block of an Extended MS-DOS FS.
*/
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
+extern int mount_initrd;
+#endif
struct super_block *UMSDOS_read_super(
struct super_block *s,
void *data,
@@ -409,7 +412,11 @@
PRINTK (("umsdos_read_super %p\n",sb->s_mounted));
umsdos_setup_dir_inode (sb->s_mounted);
PRINTK (("End umsdos_read_super\n"));
- if (s == super_blocks){
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
+ if (s == super_blocks || mount_initrd){
+#else
+ if (s == super_blocks)
+#endif
/* #Specification: pseudo root / mount
When a umsdos fs is mounted, a special handling is done
if it is the root partition. We check for the presence
diff -urN linux-2.0.30/init/main.c linux-2.0.30-initrd/init/main.c
--- linux-2.0.30/init/main.c Sat Nov 23 14:28:23 1996
+++ linux-2.0.30-initrd/init/main.c Tue May 20 14:18:18 1997
@@ -969,6 +969,7 @@
"error %d\n",error);
}
}
+ mount_initrd = 0; /* don't forget this or funny things may happen ;-) */
#endif

/*
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