> > > > Did you mean /dev/disk/by-[part]label/ symlink? It's quite reasonable to > > > use them by udev in userspace such as initramfs but some cases does not > > use > > > initramfs or initrd. In that case, we need to load the root > > > device(/dev/sda[N]) directly from kernel. > > > > Please use udev or systemd instead of adding code in the UFS driver that > > is > > not necessary when udev or systemd is used. > > > > What I mentioned was how it can be handled when we mount rootfs directly > from kernel. > > 1) kernel -> initramfs (mount root) -> systemd > 2) kernel (mount root) -> systemd > -> In this case, we normally use root=/dev/sda1 from kernel commandline to > mount the rootfs. > > Like fstab can support legacy node mount, ufs driver also needs to provide an > option for using the permanent legacy node. If you're really worry about > adding > a new codes for all UFS driver, we can put this as controller specific or > optional > feature. In case you'll convince Bart that this code is needed, maybe use a IDA handle for that?
Thanks, Avri
