Re: [PATCH] UML - part 2 of 3

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Tue, 13 Aug 2002 12:26:43 -0700 (PDT)

On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Jeff Dike wrote:
>
> The root_dev_names array looks like it can be eliminated entirely, as long
> as the gendisk list is populated before checksetup.

Well, think of it as "gendisk is populated before root device needs to be
mounted".

And the fact is, it clearly has to be _anyway_.

The name lookup shouldn't be done any earlier than the actual mount
anyway.

Linus

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