[PATCH] Fix for USB media not found at boot

Hans Petter Selasky hselasky at c2i.net
Fri Nov 13 08:10:30 UTC 2009


On Friday 13 November 2009 02:12:23 Xin LI wrote:
> Hi, Hans,
>
> Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > There is a newer patch in USB P4.
>
> Which revisions are you referring to?  So far it looks like that only p4
> changeset 169183:
>
>     Mount Root Patch
>     - This patch allows for late root device discovery. Instead of
>       giving up at the first try, the system keeps trying for 3
>       minutes to mount root. If CTRL+C is pressed during this time
>       a mount-root menu will be shown. Else after 3 minutes the
>       mount-root menu will be shown and then a panic will happen
>       like before.
>     - Clean up old mount root hold mechanism which did not
>       work like expected.
>
> Is related?

Hi,

The changeset in question has not been committed to mainstream.

Scott Long is working on an improved solution. Please coordinate with him.

--HPS



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