From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] docs: kernel-parameters: update description of root=
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 08:56:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YlRPlwbr6tVhddRG@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1649475581-12139-3-git-send-email-yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>
On Sat, Apr 09, 2022 at 11:39:40AM +0800, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
> root=UUID or root=LABEL is not supported without initrd.
> It is better to update description of root= to explicitly
> tell the users.
These are not supported at all by the kernel. Maybe some code running
in an initramfs might do some magic with these, but they have no meaning
for the kernel and shouldn't really be documented here.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-04-11 15:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-04-09 3:39 [PATCH 0/3] Modify some code about root=UUID or root=LABEL Tiezhu Yang
2022-04-09 3:39 ` [PATCH 1/3] init: print some info about UUID and LABEL in name_to_dev_t() Tiezhu Yang
2022-04-11 15:55 ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-04-09 3:39 ` [PATCH 2/3] docs: kernel-parameters: update description of root= Tiezhu Yang
2022-04-11 15:56 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2022-04-09 3:39 ` [PATCH 3/3] block: print correct sectors in printk_all_partitions() Tiezhu Yang
2022-04-11 15:57 ` Christoph Hellwig
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