Re: [PATCH v2] x86: Do not set the root_dev field in bzImage

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On 12.4.2011 13:30, Michal Marek wrote:
This has been obsoleted by the root= commandline for several years.
People who still depend on this will surely have a copy of the rdev
command around, the rest of the world gets rid of another piece of
buildhost-dependent data in the build. Thanks to Paul Bolle for the
build.c cleanup.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner<tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar<mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin"<hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Paul Bolle<pebolle@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek<mmarek@xxxxxxx>

Hi,

Is this patch OK for the tip tree?

Michal


diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
index f7cb086..95365a8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
@@ -9,12 +9,6 @@
  # Changed by many, many contributors over the years.
  #

-# ROOT_DEV specifies the default root-device when making the image.
-# This can be either FLOPPY, CURRENT, /dev/xxxx or empty, in which case
-# the default of FLOPPY is used by 'build'.
-
-ROOT_DEV	:= CURRENT
-
  # If you want to preset the SVGA mode, uncomment the next line and
  # set SVGA_MODE to whatever number you want.
  # Set it to -DSVGA_MODE=NORMAL_VGA if you just want the EGA/VGA mode.
@@ -75,8 +69,7 @@ GCOV_PROFILE := n
  $(obj)/bzImage: asflags-y  := $(SVGA_MODE)

  quiet_cmd_image = BUILD   $@
-cmd_image = $(obj)/tools/build $(obj)/setup.bin $(obj)/vmlinux.bin \
-	$(ROOT_DEV)>  $@
+cmd_image = $(obj)/tools/build $(obj)/setup.bin $(obj)/vmlinux.bin>  $@

  $(obj)/bzImage: $(obj)/setup.bin $(obj)/vmlinux.bin $(obj)/tools/build FORCE
  	$(call if_changed,image)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c b/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
index ee3a4ea..fdc60a0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static void die(const char * str, ...)

  static void usage(void)
  {
-	die("Usage: build setup system [rootdev] [>  image]");
+	die("Usage: build setup system [>  image]");
  }

  int main(int argc, char ** argv)
@@ -138,39 +138,14 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
  	unsigned int i, sz, setup_sectors;
  	int c;
  	u32 sys_size;
-	u8 major_root, minor_root;
  	struct stat sb;
  	FILE *file;
  	int fd;
  	void *kernel;
  	u32 crc = 0xffffffffUL;

-	if ((argc<  3) || (argc>  4))
+	if (argc != 3)
  		usage();
-	if (argc>  3) {
-		if (!strcmp(argv[3], "CURRENT")) {
-			if (stat("/",&sb)) {
-				perror("/");
-				die("Couldn't stat /");
-			}
-			major_root = major(sb.st_dev);
-			minor_root = minor(sb.st_dev);
-		} else if (strcmp(argv[3], "FLOPPY")) {
-			if (stat(argv[3],&sb)) {
-				perror(argv[3]);
-				die("Couldn't stat root device.");
-			}
-			major_root = major(sb.st_rdev);
-			minor_root = minor(sb.st_rdev);
-		} else {
-			major_root = 0;
-			minor_root = 0;
-		}
-	} else {
-		major_root = DEFAULT_MAJOR_ROOT;
-		minor_root = DEFAULT_MINOR_ROOT;
-	}
-	fprintf(stderr, "Root device is (%d, %d)\n", major_root, minor_root);

  	/* Copy the setup code */
  	file = fopen(argv[1], "r");
@@ -193,8 +168,8 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
  	memset(buf+c, 0, i-c);

  	/* Set the default root device */
-	buf[508] = minor_root;
-	buf[509] = major_root;
+	buf[508] = DEFAULT_MINOR_ROOT;
+	buf[509] = DEFAULT_MAJOR_ROOT;

  	fprintf(stderr, "Setup is %d bytes (padded to %d bytes).\n", c, i);

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