mika, the patch below is still required and is imho a good idea in all
cases since it makes the error explicit.
* Martin Michlmayr <t...@cyrius.com> [2010-06-08 21:43]:
> [PATCH] Produce an error when root cannot be determined with MODULES=dep
>
> A lot of code in dep_add_modules() uses $root. Therefore, produce an
> error message if we cannot determine the root device.
>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Michlmayr <t...@cyrius.com>
>
> diff --git a/hook-functions b/hook-functions
> index 6a6e233..154ae3e 100644
> --- a/hook-functions
> +++ b/hook-functions
> @@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ dep_add_modules()
>
> # findout root block device + fstype
> eval "$(mount | awk '/\/dev\// {if ($3 == "/") {print "root=" $1
> "\nFSTYPE=" $5; exit}}')"
> + if [ -z "$root" ]; then
> + echo "mkinitramfs: failed to determine root device"
> + echo "mkinitramfs: workaround is MODULES=most"
> + echo "Error please report bug on initramfs-tools and include
> the output of 'mount'"
> + fi
>
> # handle ubifs and return since ubifs root is a char device but
> # most of the commands below only work with block devices.
>
> --
> Martin Michlmayr
> http://www.cyrius.com/
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