From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266645AbUBMCIo (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:08:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266660AbUBMCIo (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:08:44 -0500 Received: from mail4-141.ewetel.de ([212.6.122.141]:968 "EHLO mail4.ewetel.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266645AbUBMCIn (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:08:43 -0500 To: "Nick Bartos" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: getting usb mass storage to finish before running init? In-Reply-To: <1oAMR-6St-13@gated-at.bofh.it> References: <1oAMR-6St-13@gated-at.bofh.it> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 03:09:45 +0100 Message-Id: From: der.eremit@email.de X-CheckCompat: OK Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 03:00:21 +0100, you wrote in linux.kernel: > I can put a sleep in there but that is sloppy, and can not really be > relied apon (since technically there is no way I can know how long the > detection phase will take), and also I may be waisting time (which I don't > want to, I want a fast booting router). Check available devices for root filesystem (in case you're booting from IDE). If it's not there, wait a moment, then look for additional devices. If nothing shows up, repeat. -- Ciao, Pascal