401583 – genkernel --mdadm doesn't include "linear" MD module into initramfs

Bug 401583 - genkernel --mdadm doesn't include "linear" MD module into initramfs

Summary: genkernel --mdadm doesn't include "linear" MD module into initramfs

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	genkernel (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Genkernel Maintainers

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Reported:	2012-01-30 21:41 UTC by parafin
Modified:	2012-02-12 02:00 UTC (History)
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Description parafin 2012-01-30 21:41:57 UTC

All current sys-kernel/genkernel versions (up to 3.4.24) doesn't include "linear.ko" kernel module into initramfs when run like this:
genkernel --mdadm all
So if you want to use linear MD array as root device, you have to either use --all-ramdisk-modules option or compile linear RAID level into kernel. It seems unlogical to me, that all other RAID types are supported by default and linear gets left out.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. genkernel --mdadm all
2. try booting with root filesystem on the linear MD device
Actual Results:  
boot fails because specified root device doesn't exist

Expected Results:  
boot should succeed

Comment 1 parafin 2012-01-30 23:25:30 UTC

Actually --all-ramdisk-modules isn't even enough, you have to add doload=linear kernel parameter.

Comment 2 Robin Johnson archtester

2012-02-12 02:00:42 UTC

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