On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 05:53:33PM +0100, Ralf Baechle wrote: > > I think SystemPartition is ignored (haven't been able to see any > > evidence to the contrary... I should look in the source...) > > SystemPartition is to be used by the bootloader, that is sash in SGI's case. AFAICT, sash ignores SystemPartition here. > > BTW, I think file system labels are a much better way of identifying FSs. > > ARC dates back more than 10 years back. It was written with PC partitions > and NT as OS in mind. So don't expect fancy concepts or sanity ;-) I'm talking about linux. Linux should default to "root=rootfs", or something. If linux installers set labels, that is. > The ARC code is also used by non-SGI systems and on some of those using a > non-standard variables is a bit of a pita. > > SystemPartition The default path for the system partition. What's the "system partition"? I think this is an Irix thing, but I don't have any evidence. > Btw, device names like dksc(0,1,2) came from SGI's / MIPS's pre-ARC firmware > so are deprecated since 10 years. Some things just don't want to die. It requires a lot less typing ;) Cheers, Andrew
