Bug 411421

Summary:	sys-boot/grub-2 - please rework grub-2.00-10_linux-genkernel.patch
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Xake <kanelxake>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Mike Gilbert <floppym>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	base-system, genkernel
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/sys-boot/grub/files/grub-2.00-10_linux-genkernel.patch?revision=1.1&view=markup
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Description Xake 2012-04-10 05:39:18 UTC

So the Genkernel Documentation wrt this sucks, but...
You want to use "root" instead of "real_root" here.
"real_root" works, but is just a residual since the old 2.4 kernel initrd times.

In fact in code unless both root and real_root is set (in which case real_root has priority since it is the old documented value) then the Genkernel initramfs script uses the root kernel parameter just as good (unless root is set to /dev/ram0, in which case root is ignored).

I have in fact being working on getting real_root/real_init and other such old cruft deprecated and removed from all documentation (Gentoo Handbook and so on) since Genkernel cannot even create initrd's anymore.

Comment 1 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2012-04-11 02:41:53 UTC

CC: genkernel FYI.

Thank you for clarifying that. I have removed the real_root logic from the patch. That should make it much easier to push upstream.