From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753952AbXDMM27 (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:28:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753959AbXDMM27 (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:28:59 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:59145 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753952AbXDMM27 (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:28:59 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:28:43 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Mike Frysinger Cc: greg@uclinux.org, michele.damico@fitre.it, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] dont force uclinux mtd map to be root dev Message-ID: <20070413122843.GA30232@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Mike Frysinger , greg@uclinux.org, michele.damico@fitre.it, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200704130819.32657.vapier@gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200704130819.32657.vapier@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:19:31AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > the cheesy uclinux mtd maps can be used for more than just the root device, so > i think we should drop the forcing. also, i feel like this is a policy > decision that shouldnt be in the kernel in the first place. people who have > been lazy and boot with uclinux mtd maps and dont put root= into their > commandline can simply add the appropriate root= line either into their > bootloader or into the compiled in bootargs Agreed. I remember trying to get rid of this a while ago, but I can't remember what happened to it.