[Bug 576429] Re: wait-for-root has problems with mknod generated root-devices

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** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Debian)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  wait-for-root has problems with mknod generated root-devices

Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

  Hello!

  There's a long startup delay (until 'rootdelay' has passwd), when a
  (root-)device is set up in the /dev-tree only.

  This is (e.g.) the case, when the machine is started by 'lilo' and the
  root-device given as device numbers like 0806 or whatever.
  'parse_numeric' from scripts/functions then 'mknod's a "/dev/root"
  device with the respective major and minor numbers.

  When /dev/root is then passed to 'wait-for-root' this times out,
  probably because there is no counterpart in sysfs or procfs and thus
  the udev 'database'. So it always times out, before the boot process
  continues.

  It doesn't happen, when the same(!) computer is booted by GRUB  with a
  reference to /dev/sda6 (or so).

  This behaviour is new with 'lucid' ( - as is wait-for-root) and it is
  a real nuissance. if something can be done, other than setting a
  shorter 'rootdelay', this should be fixed, please. Thanks.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: initramfs-tools-bin 0.92bubuntu78
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu May  6 16:10:44 2010
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: initramfs-tools

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