Bug#892407: initramfs-tools: scripts/local: ignore /dev/ram*

2018-03-09 Thread Kevin Hilman
On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 6:37 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Thu, 2018-03-08 at 17:08 -0800, Kevin Hilman wrote: >> I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to, so I guess that means no. > > Aren't you using LAVA in conjunction with kernelci? That's where I've > seen this odd usage of "root=/dev/r

Bug#892407: initramfs-tools: scripts/local: ignore /dev/ram*

2018-03-08 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, 2018-03-08 at 17:08 -0800, Kevin Hilman wrote: > I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to, so I guess that means no. Aren't you using LAVA in conjunction with kernelci? That's where I've seen this odd usage of "root=/dev/ram0" before. > I'm just trying to avoid an unnecessary delay

Bug#892407: initramfs-tools: scripts/local: ignore /dev/ram*

2018-03-08 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2018-03-09 at 00:55 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Control: tag -1 moreinfo > > Are you trying to fix the LAVA health check? A longer and possibly more helpful answer: 1. initramfs-tools is primarily meant for booting a "real" system. The "root" kernel parameter says where that system is

Bug#892407: initramfs-tools: scripts/local: ignore /dev/ram*

2018-03-08 Thread Kevin Hilman
I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to, so I guess that means no. I'm just trying to avoid an unnecessary delay when "root=/dev/ram*" is (mistakenly) used on the command-line when passing in the debian ramdisk. If that happens, it eventually falls through to the initramfs shell, but not be

Bug#892407: initramfs-tools: scripts/local: ignore /dev/ram*

2018-03-08 Thread Ben Hutchings
Control: tag -1 moreinfo Are you trying to fix the LAVA health check? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings compatible: Gracefully accepts erroneous data from any source signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#892407: initramfs-tools: scripts/local: ignore /dev/ram*

2018-03-08 Thread Kevin Hilman
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.130 >From a2aef0d83cd19d9b69a747c7ddbcee564faac914 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kevin Hilman Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 11:01:38 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] scripts/local: ignore /dev/ram* These scripts are already running in a ramdisk, so ignore any root=/dev/ram* so