Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.93.4 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi,
Sometimes one misses the error message printed by the panic helper function, for example when attaching a serial console after the fact, or if kernel messages resulting from udev activity obscure or scroll it away. Please consider adding some facility like the attached patch. Thanks, Feri.
>From 2350475dbbf10aced5c10993e3bdcc25c3fddceb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ferenc Wagner <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:02:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Export $REASON to the emergency shell spawned by the panic helper function --- initramfs-tools.8 | 4 ++++ scripts/functions | 2 +- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/initramfs-tools.8 b/initramfs-tools.8 index 2ba022a..55d413a 100644 --- a/initramfs-tools.8 +++ b/initramfs-tools.8 @@ -504,6 +504,10 @@ set according relevant boot option. \fB\fI break Useful for manual intervention during setup and coding an boot script. .TP +\fB\fI REASON +Argument passed to the \fIpanic\fP helper function. Use to find out why +you landed in the initramfs shell. +.TP \fB\fI init passes the path to init(8) usually /sbin/init. .TP diff --git a/scripts/functions b/scripts/functions index 77de8f3..c34dd4a 100644 --- a/scripts/functions +++ b/scripts/functions @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ panic() modprobe i8042 modprobe atkbd echo $@ - PS1='(initramfs) ' /bin/sh -i </dev/console >/dev/console 2>&1 + REASON="$@" PS1='(initramfs) ' /bin/sh -i </dev/console >/dev/console 2>&1 } maybe_break() -- 1.5.6.5
