The patch titled
kinit: convert '/' in block device names to '!', not '.'
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
kinit-convert--in-block-device-names-to-not.patch
See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this
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Subject: kinit: convert '/' in block device names to '!', not '.'
From: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx>
register_disk() converts the first slash in a disk name to "!", so a block
device like /dev/cciss/c0d0 shows up in /sys as /sys/block/cciss!c0d0.
kinit must use the same conversion in order for "root=/dev/cciss/c0d0p1"
to find the device.
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
usr/kinit/name_to_dev.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN usr/kinit/name_to_dev.c~kinit-convert--in-block-device-names-to-not usr/kinit/name_to_dev.c
--- devel/usr/kinit/name_to_dev.c~kinit-convert--in-block-device-names-to-not 2006-06-06 21:59:21.000000000 -0700
+++ devel-akpm/usr/kinit/name_to_dev.c 2006-06-06 21:59:21.000000000 -0700
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static inline dev_t name_to_dev_t_real(c
for (p = s; *p; p++)
if (*p == '/')
- *p = '.';
+ *p = '!';
res = try_name(s, 0);
if (res)
return res;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx are
git-acpi.patch
acpi-update-asus_acpi-driver-registration-fix.patch
acpi-remove-__init-__exit-from-sony-add-remove-methods.patch
git-ia64.patch
kinit-convert--in-block-device-names-to-not.patch
e100-disable-interrupts-at-boot.patch
vgacon-make-vga_map_mem-take-size-remove-extra-use.patch
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