From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 20:09:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 20:09:13 -0400 Received: from 12-224-36-73.client.attbi.com ([12.224.36.73]:64528 "HELO kroah.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 20:09:13 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 17:06:49 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Lightweight patch manager Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.5] wait for devices to wake up before mounting root, but don't hang Message-ID: <20020604000648.GS23446@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: Linux 2.2.21 (i586) Reply-By: Mon, 06 May 2002 19:43:06 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 05:31:03PM -0600, Lightweight patch manager wrote: > Don't hang while waiting for root device to come up > > Someone mentioned that USB devices etc. can't be used for root fs since > it's probably not yet available at boot time. This approach is broken, for > sure, but it's at least supposed to rescue a small part of the whole (if > you see a panic, you know something went atree). Why only loop for 60 seconds? I prefer the patch posted previously by Eric Lammerts that just loops forever. But that's just me :) thanks, greg k-h