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| -rw-r--r-- | init/do_mounts.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 6 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c index 3715feb8446d..d055b1914c3d 100644 --- a/init/do_mounts.c +++ b/init/do_mounts.c @@ -263,6 +263,10 @@ retry: printk("Please append a correct \"root=\" boot option; here are the available partitions:\n"); printk_all_partitions(); +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT + printk("DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT is enabled, you need to specify " + "explicit textual name for \"root=\" boot option.\n"); +#endif panic("VFS: Unable to mount root fs on %s", b); } diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 4378d5e923ca..c556896abe57 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -638,6 +638,12 @@ config DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT userland code paths which assume predetermined contiguous device number allocation. + Note that turning on this debug option shuffles all the + device numbers for all IDE and SCSI devices including libata + ones, so root partition specified using device number + directly (via rdev or root=MAJ:MIN) won't work anymore. + Textual device names (root=/dev/sdXn) will continue to work. + Say N if you are unsure. config LKDTM |