Re: kinit problem with cciss root device

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> 
> So you might consider something like the "drain output" hunk below,
> which allowed all the useful messages to get out.
> 

Hm.  That's rather ugly.  Anyone knows if TCFLSB works on /dev/console?

> 
> Index: work-mm8/usr/kinit/kinit.c
> ===================================================================
> --- work-mm8.orig/usr/kinit/kinit.c	2006-06-05 19:04:46.000000000 -0600
> +++ work-mm8/usr/kinit/kinit.c	2006-06-06 14:19:59.000000000 -0600
> @@ -317,5 +317,10 @@
>  	if (mnt_sysfs)
>  		umount2("/sys", 0);
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Allow time for messages to drain before kernel panics
> +	 * because init is exiting.
> +	 * */
> +	sleep(10);
>  	exit(ret);
>  }

	-hpa