Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] init/main.c/root_dev_names - another one #ifdef | Date | Wed, 31 Oct 2001 00:15:10 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> The idea is to include the SCSI disk's names into the list only if we > compile the kernel with the corresponding support. It's not very > serious patch, but to put the things in order... Linus, please, apply > it.
It took that out deliberately a few months back. The ifdefs in fact break stuff
Firstly the array is __init so is discarded on boot
Secondly if you have an initrd containing the scsi driver layers then you can specify root=sda quite legitimately.
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