Bug 455518

Summary:	sys-kernel/genkernel does not suppert hex numbers in root= kernel commandline
Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects	Reporter:	Hendrik Fehr <hendrik_fehr>
Component:	genkernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Genkernel Maintainers <genkernel>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Description Hendrik Fehr 2013-02-04 21:36:23 UTC

When root=805 (i.e. hex number notation) is used in the kernel command line, the init script from genkernel initramfs fails to find the device, however root=/dev/sda5 will work.

I use sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.45 with a user-defined kernel config and manual lilo-configuration.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use initramfs from genkernel.
2. Use hexadecimal device number in the root= option.
3. Boot the system.
Actual Results:  
init will not find the root device and fall back to a promt

Expected Results:  
init finds the root device and mounts it

Comment 1 Robin Johnson archtester

2017-01-02 23:40:58 UTC

Use a more modern config; device numbers are liable to be dynamically generated now.