Processed: Re: Bug#589118: `rdev` setting ignored

2010-07-16 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > close 589118 Bug#589118: `rdev` setting ignored 'close' is deprecated; see http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#closing. Bug closed, send any further explanations to Elliott Mitchell > thanks Stopping processing here. Please c

Bug#589118: `rdev` setting ignored

2010-07-16 Thread Don Armstrong
close 589118 thanks On Fri, 16 Jul 2010, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > reopen 589118 > quit If a maintainer closes a bug, and after a single round of explanation, still does not agree with reopening the bug, the bug should stay closed. If you disagree with the maintainer, then your choices are to ei

Processed: Re: Bug#589118: `rdev` setting ignored

2010-07-16 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > reopen 589118 Bug #589118 {Done: Ben Hutchings } [initramfs-tools] `rdev` setting ignored > quit Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. -- 589118: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=589118 Debian Bug T

Bug#589118: `rdev` setting ignored

2010-07-16 Thread Elliott Mitchell
reopen 589118 quit >From: Ben Hutchings > On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 13:48 -0700, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > > Bzzzt! While the "initrd=" kernel command-line option and `rdev` kernel > > settings are not completely orthogonal, they are mostly unrelated. > > You obviously haven't read the code. I have

Bug#589118: `rdev` setting ignored

2010-07-15 Thread Elliott Mitchell
reopen 589118 quit >From: Ben Hutchings > On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 18:11 -0700, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > > Package: initramfs-tools > > Version: 0.92o > > > > Subject tells the story. Appears the images generated by initramfs-tools > > completely ignore the `rdev` setting that the kernel was given

Bug#589118: `rdev` setting ignored

2010-07-14 Thread Elliott Mitchell
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.92o Subject tells the story. Appears the images generated by initramfs-tools completely ignore the `rdev` setting that the kernel was given to the kernel. While 99% of users may be explicitly passing the root device via passing "root=/dev/foo" through the bootlo