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SubjectRe: [patch-2.4.0-test13-pre3] rootfs boot param. support
On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Peter Samuelson wrote:

>
> [Tigran Aivazian]
> > +/* this can be set at boot time, e.g. rootfs=ext2
> > + * if set to invalid value or if read_super() fails on the specified
> > + * filesystem type then mount_root() will go through all registered filesystems.
> > + */
> > +static char rootfs[128] __initdata = "ext2";
>
> Better that we not hard-code anything here. If we want ext2 to be
> tried first, we should link it first, which we already do.
>

no, because it would cause a "spurious" call to get_fs_type("") which we
don't want to happen (by default i.e. -- if user _really_ wants it
that is ok). The default of "ext2" is fine.

Regards,
Tigran

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