Re: (EXT) Re: (EXT) Re: Consistent block device references for root= cmdline

2020-08-05 Thread Ulf Hansson
On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 at 10:43, Matthias Schiffer wrote: > > On Tue, 2020-07-07 at 16:14 +0200, Ulf Hansson wrote: > > On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 13:20, Matthias Schiffer > > wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 2020-06-10 at 16:52 +0200, Ulf Hansson wrote: > > > > On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 at 15:15, Matthias

Re: (EXT) Re: (EXT) Re: Consistent block device references for root= cmdline

2020-07-29 Thread Matthias Schiffer
On Tue, 2020-07-07 at 16:14 +0200, Ulf Hansson wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 13:20, Matthias Schiffer > wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2020-06-10 at 16:52 +0200, Ulf Hansson wrote: > > > On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 at 15:15, Matthias Schiffer > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > there

Re: (EXT) Re: Consistent block device references for root= cmdline

2020-07-07 Thread Ulf Hansson
On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 13:20, Matthias Schiffer wrote: > > On Wed, 2020-06-10 at 16:52 +0200, Ulf Hansson wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 at 15:15, Matthias Schiffer > > wrote: > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > there have been numerous attempts to make the numbering of mmcblk > > > devices

Re: (EXT) Re: Consistent block device references for root= cmdline

2020-06-11 Thread Matthias Schiffer
On Wed, 2020-06-10 at 12:33 -0500, Roger Heflin wrote: > No idea if this would still work, but back before label/uuid and lvm > in initird I had a staticly linked "C" program that ran inside > initrd, > it searched for likely places a boot device could be (mounted them > and > looked for a file to

Re: (EXT) Re: Consistent block device references for root= cmdline

2020-06-11 Thread Matthias Schiffer
On Wed, 2020-06-10 at 16:52 +0200, Ulf Hansson wrote: > On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 at 15:15, Matthias Schiffer > wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > there have been numerous attempts to make the numbering of mmcblk > > devices consistent, mostly by using aliases from the DTS ([1], [2], > > [3]), but all

Re: Consistent block device references for root= cmdline

2020-06-10 Thread Roger Heflin
No idea if this would still work, but back before label/uuid and lvm in initird I had a staticly linked "C" program that ran inside initrd, it searched for likely places a boot device could be (mounted them and looked for a file to confirm it was the right device, then unmounted it), and when it

Re: Consistent block device references for root= cmdline

2020-06-10 Thread Ulf Hansson
On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 at 15:15, Matthias Schiffer wrote: > > Hello all, > > there have been numerous attempts to make the numbering of mmcblk > devices consistent, mostly by using aliases from the DTS ([1], [2], > [3]), but all have been (rightfully) rejected. Unless I have overlooked > a more

Consistent block device references for root= cmdline

2020-06-10 Thread Matthias Schiffer
Hello all, there have been numerous attempts to make the numbering of mmcblk devices consistent, mostly by using aliases from the DTS ([1], [2], [3]), but all have been (rightfully) rejected. Unless I have overlooked a more recent development, no attempts for a different solution were made. As