On 01.07.2014 17:59, Thomas Renninger wrote: > Hi, > > > commit 8ee18253644a812184c60e31d7ee3d3f6d8f45c0 > Author: Harald Hoyer <harald@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue Mar 4 13:46:14 2014 +0100 > > dracut: don't let devices timeout > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=949697 > > > See the whole diff at the end. > This one removes timeouts on the rootfs and if the rootfs > cannot be accessed early boot will remain hung forever. > > Unfortunately I cannot access the bug reference from > the changelog and the changelog does not describe the problem. > > I would like to revive the/a timeout, but need to understand > why it got removed. > > Thanks, > > Thomas > > > ============================================= > > > diff --git a/modules.d/98systemd/rootfs-generator.sh b/modules.d/98systemd/rootfs-generator.sh > index a11ce59..2c09895 100755 > --- a/modules.d/98systemd/rootfs-generator.sh > +++ b/modules.d/98systemd/rootfs-generator.sh > @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ generator_wait_for_dev() > mkdir -p /run/systemd/generator/${_name}.device.d > { > echo "[Unit]" > - echo "JobTimeoutSec=3600" > + echo "JobTimeoutSec=0" > } > /run/systemd/generator/${_name}.device.d/timeout.conf > fi > } > diff --git a/modules.d/99base/dracut-lib.sh b/modules.d/99base/dracut-lib.sh > index 763b7e2..e4d7da8 100755 > --- a/modules.d/99base/dracut-lib.sh > +++ b/modules.d/99base/dracut-lib.sh > @@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ wait_for_dev() > mkdir -p ${PREFIX}/etc/systemd/system/${_name}.device.d > { > echo "[Unit]" > - echo "JobTimeoutSec=3600" > + echo "JobTimeoutSec=0" > } > ${PREFIX}/etc/systemd/system/${_name}.device.d/timeout.conf > _needreload=1 > fi > > ============================================= > The main reason was that for encrypted devices it would timeout, if you don't enter the password in time. If you solve that, then you can reintroduce the timeout. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe initramfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html