On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 18:36:34 -0400 (EDT), Michael Prokop wrote: > > If someone would provide an up2date patch (against current git > master would be awesome) which resolves this issue (without possibly > breaking anything else :)) I'm absolutely willing to accept it.
Here is what I am currently using on my system: http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/kernel/parse_numeric.patch Sorry, I know that it's customary to include patches inline, but my e-mail client has the nasty habit of expanding tabs to blanks, inserting extra line breaks, etc. Therefore, to prevent my e-mail client from corrupting the patch, I have included a link instead. I tried to think of every perverse case my devious little mind could think of. (For example, what if there is more than one colon, what if a colon is the first or last character, etc.) Note that although the comments say "lilo compatibility", this code is executed whenever the kernel boot parameters contain a "root" specification, regardless of the hardware architecture and regardless of the boot loader. It is associated with lilo because lilo translates a specification of root=/dev/... in /etc/lilo.conf into the corresponding kernel composite device number, such as root=801 This translation takes place behind the user's back. The user never sees this number. But the kernel does. However, you can always code a root file system specification in this format directly, if you want to, with any boot loader. Let me know what you think. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1613143933.450991.1409541999417.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
