On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote: > On Sat, 2010-12-11 at 13:14 -0800, Evan Broder wrote: >> Package: initramfs-tools >> Version: 0.98.1 >> Severity: normal >> Tags: patch >> User: ubuntu-de...@lists.ubuntu.com >> Usertags: origin-ubuntu natty ubuntu-patch >> >> If you pass a root= argument with a numeric device number >> (i.e. root=0806), that's currently resolved by running mknod to create >> a /dev/root device with an appropriate major/minor number and setting >> ROOT=/dev/root (the parse_numeric function in scripts/functions). > [...] > > Maybe this feature should simply be deprecated. What do you use it for?
I don't use the feature myself; I was fixing the bug on behalf of a user that reported it in Ubuntu, since it seemed simple to fix with a low chance of regressing other behavior. I've CC'd him to find out. Ruediger, can you expand on why you're using root=0806 instead of root=/dev/sda6 or a UUID or some other means of specifying the root device? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
