Re: [PATCH] init: fix name of root device in /proc/mounts

2013-03-20 Thread William Hubbs
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 02:03:20AM -0500, Rob Landley wrote: > On 03/19/2013 07:20:17 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 04:17:11PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > On 03/19/2013 03:28 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > > > > The issue is that /dev/root

Re: [PATCH] init: fix name of root device in /proc/mounts

2013-03-19 Thread William Hubbs
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 04:17:11PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 03/19/2013 03:28 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > > The issue is that /dev/root appears in /proc/mounts if you do not > > boot with an initramfs, but /dev/root is not a device node. In the > > past, udev created

Re: [PATCH] init: fix name of root device in /proc/mounts

2013-03-19 Thread William Hubbs
All, I haven't heard any more on this patch, so I wanted to ping the thread again and find out the status. The original message is linked below[1]. The issue is that /dev/root appears in /proc/mounts if you do not boot with an initramfs, but /dev/root is not a device node. In the past, udev crea

Re: [PATCH] init: fix name of root device in /proc/mounts

2013-03-17 Thread William Hubbs
All, I haven't heard any more on this patch, so I wanted to ping the thread again and find out the status. The original message is linked below[1]. The issue is that /dev/root appears in /proc/mounts if you do not boot with an initramfs, but /dev/root is not a device node. In the past, udev crea

Re: [PATCH] init: fix name of root device in /proc/mounts

2013-02-09 Thread William Hubbs
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 04:51:39PM -0600, William Hubbs wrote: > On a system that does not use an initramfs, /dev/root was always > listed in /proc/mounts. This breaks software which scans /proc/mounts to > determine which file systems are mounted since /dev/root is not a valid >

Re: [PATCH] init: fix name of root device in /proc/mounts

2013-02-04 Thread William Hubbs
ndley wrote: > > >On 01/31/2013 05:22:09 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >> On 01/31/2013 02:51 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > >> > On a system that does not use an initramfs, /dev/root was always > >> > listed in /proc/mounts. This breaks software which scans > &

Re: [PATCH] init: fix name of root device in /proc/mounts

2013-02-01 Thread William Hubbs
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 03:22:09PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 01/31/2013 02:51 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > > On a system that does not use an initramfs, /dev/root was always > > listed in /proc/mounts. This breaks software which scans /proc/mounts to > > determine w

[PATCH] init: fix name of root device in /proc/mounts

2013-01-31 Thread William Hubbs
d to /proc/mounts if a root device is not specified with the root= option on the kernel command line. Signed-off-by: William Hubbs --- init/do_mounts.c | 14 +++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c index 1d1b634..efc37d2 10

question about /dev/root symlink

2012-10-12 Thread William Hubbs
All, I am part of the team that maintains udev on gentoo. This bug [1] has prompted me to ask a couple of questions about the /dev/root symbolic link. According to upstream udev, we should not use this at all and if tools are relying on it they should be fixed to not do so. Does the kernel crea