Re: [PATCH] block:do_mounts - add device info to mount message

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Thu Oct 30 2008 - 02:44:45 EST


On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:31:53 +0200 (CEST) Marton Balint <cus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Printing the minor and major number of the successfully mounted root
> device can be quite useful, the patch adds this piece of information
> to the "VFS: Mounted root..." message.
>

Can you expand upon "quite useful", please? In what way is it useful?
A real-world example would help.

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