On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:35:59PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Like Arjan said, this is because we are initializing faster now, and > > things are a bit more asynchronous. Use the root_delay boot option, > > that's what I use for my USB-based systems, and have not had a problem > > with that at all. > > Is that solution really scalable to every user with a regression severe > enough it prevents them from booting? > > When did regressions become an acceptable tradeoff for speed? So, we aren't allowed to go faster? What happens when you buy a new box with more USB host controllers and a faster processor? Same problem. > This system boots just fine under kernel 2.6.27, 2.6.26, 2.6.25, and so > on. Switch the kernel to 2.6.28, and it no longer boots. A regression > cannot get more clear than that. > > Maybe this commit should have been accompanied by one that checks "root=" ? How would that be accomplished? The issue is that you were just lucky that your machine worked properly previously. My boxes with the same type of setup didn't, so I quickly realized what the root delay boot option was for. You need to just do the same thing here, there's nothing else we can do. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
