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

From Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#892407: initramfs-tools: scripts/local: ignore /dev/ram*
Date 2018-03-09 03:40 +0100
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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 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 before trying 30 times (with a "sleep 1"
> between each) to find another ramdisk on /dev/ramX

I'm pretty sure "break" does what you need.

Ben.

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Bug#892407: initramfs-tools: scripts/local: ignore /dev/ram* Kevin Hilman <khilman@baylibre.com> - 2018-03-08 20:20 +0100
  Bug#892407: initramfs-tools: scripts/local: ignore /dev/ram* Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2018-03-09 02:00 +0100
    Bug#892407: initramfs-tools: scripts/local: ignore /dev/ram* Kevin Hilman <khilman@baylibre.com> - 2018-03-09 02:20 +0100
      Bug#892407: initramfs-tools: scripts/local: ignore /dev/ram* Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2018-03-09 03:40 +0100
        Bug#892407: initramfs-tools: scripts/local: ignore /dev/ram* Kevin Hilman <khilman@baylibre.com> - 2018-03-09 20:30 +0100
    Bug#892407: initramfs-tools: scripts/local: ignore /dev/ram* Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2018-03-09 03:30 +0100

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