From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Christopher Hoover <ch@hpl.hp.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: 2.5.7{,-rmk1}: jffs2 on root patch
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 02:28:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19796.1017797325@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020402132818.A10402@friction.hpl.hp.com>
ch@hpl.hp.com said:
> 2.5.7-rmk1 (and apparently any 2.5.7 kernel, hence the cross-posting)
> requires the following patch, if you wish to use a jffs2 file system
> as your root. Without the patch, mount_block_root() won't attempt to
> use jffs2.
I don't like it. We don't require a block device, and I'd rather see the
mechanism fixed to pass the 'root=' argument to the file system, so we can
use the new mount-by-name functionality on the rootfs.
--
dwmw2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-04-03 1:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-04-02 21:28 2.5.7{,-rmk1}: jffs2 on root patch Christopher Hoover
2002-04-03 1:28 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2002-04-03 19:05 ` Christopher Hoover
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