Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 May 2007 22:46:48 +0200 | From | Pierre Ossman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Make prepare_namespace() wait for devices |
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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
-- -- Pierre Ossman
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