Re: [PATCH] UML - part 2 of 3

From: Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Date: Tue Aug 13 2002 - 11:13:58 EST


On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Jeff Dike wrote:
>
> This patch contains the remaining unmerged change to generic code that UML
> needs. It adds boot entries for the UML block device.

I absolutely detest the array in do_mounts, and I detest it even more when
somebody adds a gazillion new entries to it.

Please use "root=0xXXYY" instead, or consider figuring out the name
_automatically_ from the list of genhd's in the system (ie the reverse of
blkdev_name() or whatever it is called).

                Linus

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