Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Everything you are saying here just convinces me more than we should do
> this stuff in initramfs. At the summit Linus endorsed using
> /sbin/hotplug when storage devices appear... combine that with
> initramfs, and you should have all you need to handle whatever complex
> scenario you come up with. It sounds straightforward to have some
> find-the-root-device code in initramfs that can contain "if
> (dell_mainboard)" code all over the place.
IOW, strive to make order of kernel device initialization irrelevant --
init the kernel drivers, then figure out the boot device.
Jeff
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