Re: findfs in linuxrc

Hi Erich;

Am Montag, 28. Dezember 2015, 19:59:45 schrieb Erich Titl:
> Hi KP
> 
> Am 28.12.2015 um 17:23 schrieb kp kirchdoerfer:
> > Am Mittwoch, 23. Dezember 2015, 15:30:53 schrieb Erich Titl:
> >> Hi Andrew
> 
> ...
> 
> >     /lib/libuuid.so.1.3.0 and its symbolic links
> > 
> > It is marked as an feature "for advanced users" and never has been enabled
> > in busybox, but as part of hdsupp.lrp, which means not having findfs in
> > busybox, does not allow a judgement if the code snippet in linuxrc is
> > used or not.
> If it is not included in busybox all this does not make much sense. It
> will just not work.

Yes it will not work out-of-the-box as outlined by David, but it works if one 
follows the wiki page- hopefully, I haven't checked myself...

> > I suggest to keep it, and probably to enhance our basic system to enable
> > this feature by default.
> 
> Now here is the question, 'what for'?
> 
> - Does LEAF work any better with it - NO
> - Does it make any handling easier - doubtful
> - Does it make LEAF faster - NO
> - Does it make LEAF more secure - NO
> 
> So why clutter linuxrc with old and broken code?

I do not consider it as broken code, until I'm proofed wrong.
David invested some work to find a solution for a specific setup/problem:

"On some systems with multiple disk devices it is not possible to guarantee 
the order in which these are identified at boot time. The disk which starts out 
as /dev/sda might become /dev/sdb after a reboot."

As-Is it requires the user to rebuild initrd, which is painful, but we may 
better improve this than to neglect a problem.

kp

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