Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | Date | Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:21:04 +0100 (CET) | From | Eric Lammerts <> | Subject | Re: rootfs on USB storage device |
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > I think khubd needs to run to complete whole process and mdelay() > locks it out. You need something that calls schedule() for USB > detection to work. Try to use schedule_timeout() instead of mdelay().
This patch works for me.
Eric
--- linux-2.4.14-pre8-ext3/fs/super.c.orig Fri Nov 16 00:59:18 2001 +++ linux-2.4.14-pre8-ext3/fs/super.c Fri Nov 16 01:07:26 2001 @@ -1009,11 +1009,13 @@ * Allow the user to distinguish between failed open * and bad superblock on root device. */ - printk ("VFS: Cannot open root device \"%s\" or %s\n", + printk ("VFS: Cannot open root device \"%s\" or %s, retrying in 1s.\n", root_device_name, kdevname (ROOT_DEV)); - printk ("Please append a correct \"root=\" boot option\n"); - panic("VFS: Unable to mount root fs on %s", - kdevname(ROOT_DEV)); + + /* wait 1 second and try again */ + current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE; + schedule_timeout(HZ); + goto retry; }
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