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From: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
To: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>
Cc: "Ortwin Glück" <odi@odi.ch>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Failover root devices
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 20:19:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <55FB0441.6040709@nod.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <55FB03E8.3000604@cmpwn.com>

Am 17.09.2015 um 20:18 schrieb Drew DeVault:
>> I'd patch dracut to support kernel command lines like "root=/dev/diskX root=/dev/diskY". initramfs is allowed to parse/use the command line.
>> So, you can do what you want.
> 
> Is there precedent for using the same parameter name several times? That sounds dangerous and short-sighted.

Depends on how you patch dracut. ;-)
You can also add a "try_roots=/dev/diskX;/dev/diskY"...

Thanks,
//richard

  reply	other threads:[~2015-09-17 18:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-17 11:40 Failover root devices Ortwin Glück
2015-09-17 11:49 ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-17 17:47   ` Richard Weinberger
2015-09-17 17:49     ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-17 17:52       ` Richard Weinberger
2015-09-17 18:05         ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-17 18:17           ` Richard Weinberger
2015-09-17 18:18             ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-17 18:19               ` Richard Weinberger [this message]
2015-09-17 18:21                 ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-17 18:23                   ` Richard Weinberger
2015-09-17 18:28                     ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-18 14:59                       ` Ortwin Glück
2015-09-18 15:00                         ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-18 15:04                           ` Ortwin Glück
2015-09-18 15:36                             ` Austin S Hemmelgarn
2015-09-17 18:27             ` Harald Hoyer
2015-09-17 18:29               ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-17 18:33                 ` Richard Weinberger
2015-09-17 18:35                   ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-17 18:42                     ` Richard Weinberger
2015-09-17 18:29               ` Richard Weinberger
2015-09-17 18:37     ` Austin S Hemmelgarn
2015-09-17 18:40       ` Richard Weinberger
2015-09-18 14:40         ` Austin S Hemmelgarn
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-09-17  0:16 Drew DeVault
2015-09-17 16:02 ` Austin S Hemmelgarn
2015-09-17 17:30   ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-18 14:34     ` Austin S Hemmelgarn
2015-09-18 14:43       ` Drew DeVault

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