[dm-devel] Re: [PATCH #blk-for-2.8] init: DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT requires explicit root= param

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier gmail com>]

On Monday 01 September 2008, Tejun Heo wrote:
> DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT shuffles SCSI and IDE device numbers and root
> device number set using rdev become meaningless.  Root devices should
> be explicitly specified using textual names.  Warn about it if root
> can't be found and DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT is enabled.  Also, add warning
> to the help text.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj kernel org>
> Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier gmail com>

Thanks Tejun.  With this patch I'm also fine with having
DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT enabled by default.