Re: waiting 10s before mounting root filesystem?

[Andrew Morton]

William Park <opengeometry@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> -		printk("VFS: Cannot open root device \"%s\" or %s\n",
>  -				root_device_name, b);
>  -		printk("Please append a correct \"root=\" boot option\n");
>  +		if (--tryagain) {
>  +		    printk (KERN_WARNING "VFS: Waiting %dsec for root device...\n", tryagain);
>  +		    ssleep (1);
>  +		    goto retry;
>  +		}
>  +		printk (KERN_CRIT "VFS: Cannot open root device \"%s\" or %s\n", root_device_name, b);
>  +		printk (KERN_CRIT "Please append a correct \"root=\" boot option\n");

Why is this patch needed?  If it is to offer the user a chance to insert
the correct medium or to connect the correct device, why not rely upon the
user doing that thing and then hitting reset?
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