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Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.92o
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hi. I'm trying to get something like LiveFlash working with btrfs as root
filesystem. Currently debian versions of blkid(8) and other e2fsprogs
binaries don't recognize it. According to initramfs-tools(8) it's possible
to specify filesystem type manually at boot time using "rootfstype=my_fs"
parameter.
Current version of initramfs-tools waits for root device to appear and
checks that filesystem type can be detected:
while [ ! -e "${ROOT}" ] \
|| ! $(get_fstype "${ROOT}" >/dev/null); do
/bin/sleep 0.1
slumber=$(( ${slumber} - 1 ))
[ ${slumber} -gt 0 ] || break
done
But get_fstype don't understand btrfs, so it just waits for timeout here.
My problem is that ROOTFSTYPE is used only _after_ this loop and there is
no way to workaround it.
I think that we should allow get_fstype to fail if filesystem type was
provided manually at boot time. We can just check something like [ -z
"${ROOTFSTYPE}" ].
Please take a look to attached patch as a reference fix.
Thanks
-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
root=/dev/mapper/laptop-deb_root resume=swap:/dev/mapper/laptop-swap ro
-- /proc/filesystems
reiserfs
fuseblk
ext3
-- lsmod
Module Size Used by
ipt_MASQUERADE 5120 1
iptable_nat 7632 1
nf_nat 21720 2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4 17368 3 iptable_nat,nf_nat
nf_conntrack 72800 4
ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4
ipt_REJECT 5312 1
iptable_filter 5184 1
ip_tables 19536 2 iptable_nat,iptable_filter
x_tables 23560 4 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,ipt_REJECT,ip_tables
rfcomm 39584 2
l2cap 22912 9 rfcomm
kvm_amd 27724 1
kvm 134512 1 kvm_amd
cpufreq_powersave 4160 0
cpufreq_stats 7556 0
cpufreq_userspace 6020 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9552 1
cpufreq_conservative 9480 0
ipv6 294440 20
tun 13572 2
ext3 123984 1
jbd 54056 1 ext3
mbcache 10884 1 ext3
fuse 53056 1
powernow_k8 16844 1
freq_table 6976 3 cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand,powernow_k8
sbp2 24460 0
loop 17868 0
arc4 4096 2
ecb 5120 2
crypto_blkcipher 19588 1 ecb
snd_hda_intel 440380 1
rt61pci 22400 0
crc_itu_t 4352 1 rt61pci
snd_pcm_oss 39264 0
snd_mixer_oss 16960 1 snd_pcm_oss
rt2x00pci 9600 1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib 38720 2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
snd_pcm 79880 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
rfkill 12324 2 rt2x00lib
snd_timer 24080 1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 10832 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 10120 1 snd_hda_intel
led_class 6728 1 rt2x00lib
snd 62712 8
snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
mac80211 222064 2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
psmouse 40988 0
k8temp 7040 0
serio_raw 7876 0
soundcore 10256 1 snd
cfg80211 27728 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
eeprom_93cx6 4736 1 rt61pci
pcspkr 4864 0
isp1760 20400 0
yenta_socket 26444 1
rsrc_nonstatic 11712 1 yenta_socket
i2c_nforce2 8768 0
i2c_core 26848 1 i2c_nforce2
ac 7368 0
battery 14792 0
video 23700 0
output 5440 1 video
button 9760 0
evdev 12816 20
hci_usb 16728 2
usbhid 43856 0
hid 41168 1 usbhid
bluetooth 59428 7 rfcomm,l2cap,hci_usb
ff_memless 7368 1 usbhid
usb_storage 77792 1
dm_mirror 19392 0
dm_log 12036 1 dm_mirror
dm_snapshot 18184 0
dm_mod 58336 20 dm_mirror,dm_log,dm_snapshot
sg 34640 0
sr_mod 17460 0
cdrom 35944 1 sr_mod
ohci_hcd 26460 0
pata_acpi 7040 0
sdhci_pci 10048 0
ohci1394 31156 0
sdhci 18628 1 sdhci_pci
ieee1394 91952 2 sbp2,ohci1394
mmc_core 54528 1 sdhci
ssb 41796 1 ohci_hcd
pcmcia 37400 1 ssb
pcmcia_core 38628 4 yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic,ssb,pcmcia
ehci_hcd 36300 0
pata_amd 15044 0
ata_generic 7940 0
r8169 29828 0
mii 7616 1 r8169
sd_mod 28776 4
thermal 23200 1
processor 49912 2 powernow_k8,thermal
fan 7560 1
thermal_sys 15232 4 video,thermal,processor,fan
sata_nv 26248 2
libata 169920 4 pata_acpi,pata_amd,ata_generic,sata_nv
scsi_mod 160536 6 sbp2,usb_storage,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
dock 11936 1 libata
reiserfs 214032 7
-- /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Kernel image management overrides
# See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
postinst_hook = update-grub
postrm_hook = update-grub
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
MODULES=list
BUSYBOX=y
KEYMAP=n
BOOT=local
DEVICE=eth0
NFSROOT=auto
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.27.7 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii cpio 2.9-14 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii findutils 4.4.0-2 utilities for finding files--find,
ii klibc-utils 1.5.12-2 small utilities built with klibc f
ii module-init-tools 3.4-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii udev 0.125-7 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
Versions of packages initramfs-tools recommends:
ii busybox 1:1.10.2-2 Tiny utilities for small and embed
initramfs-tools suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--
WBR, Dmitry
--- initramfs-tools-0.92o.orig/scripts/local 2008-08-13 16:23:44.000000000 +0300
+++ initramfs-tools-0.92o/scripts/local 2009-01-18 12:28:17.541027321 +0200
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
slumber=$(( ${slumber} * 10 ))
while [ ! -e "${ROOT}" ] \
- || ! $(get_fstype "${ROOT}" >/dev/null); do
+ || ( [ -z "${ROOTFSTYPE}" ] && ! $(get_fstype "${ROOT}" >/dev/null) ); do
/bin/sleep 0.1
slumber=$(( ${slumber} - 1 ))
[ ${slumber} -gt 0 ] || break
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--- Begin Message ---
an experienced user using rootfstype may aswell know about rootdelay.
if not it is easy to look up in man initramfs-tools.
thus closing.
--
maks
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