The patch titled kinit: convert '/' in block device names to '!', not '.' has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename is kinit-convert--in-block-device-names-to-not.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ 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 git-klibc.patch e100-disable-interrupts-at-boot.patch vgacon-make-vga_map_mem-take-size-remove-extra-use.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html