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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Make prepare_namespace() wait for devices
Olaf Hering wrote:
> On Thu, May 24, Pierre Ossman wrote:
>
>
>> init: wait for asynchronously scanned block devices
>>
>
> init/do_mounts.c:242:__setup("rootdelay=", root_delay_setup);
>
> Why does that not work for you and how does your patch fix it?
>

The problem isn't really mine, I just got the ball when it came to
fixing it. :)

The problem with rootdelay= is that it's a hammer when the problem
requires a screw driver. In order to get reliability, you need to whack
it hard and give it a long delay. But that has the unpleasant side
effect of having the boot taking way much more time than it really needs.

The original thread is here:

http://marc.info/?t=117879392100022&r=1&w=2

At the end of that thread I suggest a more universal approach, which I
submitted for comments here:

http://marc.info/?t=117914570700004&r=1&w=2

I believe this is a more clean approach than forcing all subsystems to
be synchronous.

Rgds

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PulseAudio, core developer http://pulseaudio.org
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