Re: findfs in linuxrc

Hi Erich;

Am Montag, 28. Dezember 2015, 20:55:39 schrieb Erich Titl:
> Hi KP
> 
> Am 28.12.2015 um 20:43 schrieb kp kirchdoerfer:
> > 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...
> 
> It will not work at all unless you have findfs.

As described on the wiki page (pull from hdsupp, and rebuild initrd) ....

> >> So why clutter linuxrc with old and broken code?
> > 
> > I do not consider it as broken code, until I'm proofed wrong.
> 
> Unless you have findfs it will not work.
> 
> > 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."
> 
> I _guess_ this is true if you add hardware. That would not surprise me.
> It might be true for USB based boot for different systems.
> 
> > As-Is it requires the user to rebuild initrd, which is painful, but we may
> > better improve this than to neglect a problem.
> 
> It requires a different busybox. The current one does not provide findfs.

It requires findfs in initrd, but not necessarily as busybox applet.

> It just puzzles me that nobody ever barfed about it. This makes me think
> it was never used.

Or users had read the wiki page and followed the instructions.
Then it "just works" - hopefully :)

kp

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