Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | Date | Tue, 20 Nov 2001 14:15:51 -0800 | From | "H . J . Lu" <> | Subject | PATCH: Don't check NFS root when root= is given |
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When the kernel is configured with NFS root, we should be able to pass root=/dev/sda1 to kernel. mount_root in fs/super.c checks:
#ifdef CONFIG_ROOT_NFS if (MAJOR(ROOT_DEV) != UNNAMED_MAJOR) goto skip_nfs; ....
I think net/ipv4/ipconfig.c should do same.
H.J. --- linux/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c~ Tue Nov 20 14:11:09 2001 +++ linux/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c Tue Nov 20 11:10:01 2001 @@ -1144,7 +1144,9 @@ static int __init ip_auto_config(void) */ if (ic_myaddr == INADDR_NONE || #ifdef CONFIG_ROOT_NFS - (root_server_addr == INADDR_NONE && ic_servaddr == INADDR_NONE) || + (MAJOR(ROOT_DEV) == UNNAMED_MAJOR + && root_server_addr == INADDR_NONE + && ic_servaddr == INADDR_NONE) || #endif ic_first_dev->next) { #ifdef IPCONFIG_DYNAMIC - 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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