Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] init/main.c/root_dev_names - another one #ifdef | Date | Wed, 31 Oct 2001 00:28:49 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > Firstly the array is __init so is discarded on boot > > I think that array really is broken. We should get the name association > from the array that "register_blkdev()" maintains, I'm sure. That way > random stupid driver X doesn't need to touch a common init/main.c file, > which I find personally offensive.
For 2.5 definitely. Right now we'd have to be very careful to process the string -> number conversion after initrd had run (ie at the root change) and also add a mechanism for aliases for the names we don't quite match - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.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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