Hello all, I am getting an oops in the mount_root function if I pass root=/dev/nfs to my 2.5.1 kernel. I am also getting an oops in the mount_block_root function if I pass root=/dev/hda3 to my 2.5.1 kernel. The problem appears to be related to the following two lines in the init/do_mounts.c file: static char * __initdata root_mount_data; static char * __initdata root_fs_names; The __initdata macro appears to be incorrectly used. In include/linux/init.h the explanation for the macro says the __initdata should appear after the variable name. It also indicates that the variable shoud be initialized. The attached patch fixes the problem. -- Dan A.
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