From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35222) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3lfM-00005g-Sn for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 10:16:57 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3lfI-0001lJ-0f for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 10:16:56 -0500 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.20]:64436) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3lfH-0001kW-NX for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 10:16:51 -0500 References: <0f042e9b-f6a3-27c1-4ca0-94e13f8102d8@gmx.net> <20161104110813.GF9817@stefanha-x1.localdomain> From: Dennis Luehring Message-ID: Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 16:16:41 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] alpha platform is missing files after initrd load List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Laszlo Ersek , Richard Henderson , Stefan Hajnoczi Cc: qemu-devel , "Richard W.M. Jones" Am 07.11.2016 um 15:15 schrieb Laszlo Ersek: > On 11/07/16 08:35, Dennis Luehring wrote: > > Am 04.11.2016 um 20:40 schrieb Laszlo Ersek: > >> I guess it is "possible to design a system which can recover from > >> this", except noone seems to have bothered, since 2009. (Ditto for the > >> proposed "panic-level=X" alternative.) > >> > >> I've now briefly considered posting a trivial kernel patch for this, > >> but having learned about the above commit, I don't think so... > > > > i tried to get some response on the linux-kernel or initramfs > > mailinglist 1-2 weeks ago but no one seems to care > > > > but i still think it would help alot to if some more known developers > > would get involved and send in a patch for this - if only for starting a > > discussion about the > > > > situation > > > > Please report the issue directly to the author of commit 73310a169aeb, > that is, "H. Peter Anvin" (the latter is his current > email address). Please identify the commit to him and feel free to > reference this discussion on qemu-devel, using the mailing list archive. > > If Peter still believes the current logic is valid, no work (= patch) > will have been in vain. If Peter agrees the current logic is wrong after > all, then he should be able to write a patch for you that he won't > dislike (so several iterations won't be necessary for the patch). > > Thanks > Laszlo will do and refere to this discussion here - thx