From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267190AbUGMWiP (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:38:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267192AbUGMWgS (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:36:18 -0400 Received: from pimout1-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.77]:49870 "EHLO pimout1-ext.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267189AbUGMWgE (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:36:04 -0400 Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 15:35:41 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Ricky Beam , "Eric D. Mudama" , "Robert M. Stockmann" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: SATA disk device naming ? Message-ID: <20040713223541.GB7980@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <20040713064645.GA1660@bounceswoosh.org> <20040713164911.GA947@havoc.gtf.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040713164911.GA947@havoc.gtf.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 12:49:11PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > For LABEL to work on root filesystem, you need an initrd. initrd is such a PITA at times, I wondered about something hacky like sticking LABEL parsing for rootfs (marked init) into the kernel but it's really gross. Ideally the initrd/initramfs process just needs better (userspace) infrastructure to make it more reliable/easier. --cw