[Bug 1443329] Re: fixrtc prefers root=/dev/ram over systempart= if the latter is set

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This bug was fixed in the package initramfs-tools - 0.103ubuntu15

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initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu15) vivid; urgency=medium

  * scripts/local-premount/fixrtc: if systempart= is set, we do not want to
    take root=/dev/ram into account even if it is defined on the kernel
    cmdline (LP: #1443329)
 -- Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com>   Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:30:58 +0200

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

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Title:
  fixrtc prefers root=/dev/ram over systempart= if the latter is set

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in initramfs-tools-ubuntu-touch package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  when both, root= and systempart= are set on the cmdline (specifically
  if root= points to /dev/ram) the root= parameter will always be
  preferred. for an immediate solution there was a fix uploaded in
  initramfs-tools to make root=/dev/ram ignored when systempart= is set
  in 0.103ubuntu15.

  while this helps in the specific case of phones that hardcode
  root=/dev/ram on their kernel commandline, we need to consider if it
  makes sense to always ignore root= if systempart is set or if there is
  any sane combination of systempart= and root= that would require us to
  keep root=.

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