Re: kinit problem with cciss root device

[H. Peter Anvin]

Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> kinit converts "root=/dev/cciss/c0d0p1" to "cciss.c0d0", which
> doesn't exist under /sys/block because register_disk() converts
> "cciss/c0d0" to "cciss!c0d0" (note "!", not ".").
>
> I don't know whether it's the *right* fix, but the patch below
> makes things work.  It still doesn't make kinit exactly match
> the register_disk() behavior because register_disk() only changes
> the first "/" in the string.

That's still the right thing; obviously register_disk() will need to change if we ever 
have deeper trees.

Could you re-send that hunk as a proper patch with Signed-off-by: et al?

Thanks,

	-hpa
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