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-rw-r--r--init/do_mounts.c4
-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug6
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 3715feb8446d..d055b1914c3d 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -263,6 +263,10 @@ retry:
printk("Please append a correct \"root=\" boot option; here are the available partitions:\n");
printk_all_partitions();
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT
+ printk("DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT is enabled, you need to specify "
+ "explicit textual name for \"root=\" boot option.\n");
+#endif
panic("VFS: Unable to mount root fs on %s", b);
}
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 4378d5e923ca..c556896abe57 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -638,6 +638,12 @@ config DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT
userland code paths which assume predetermined contiguous
device number allocation.
+ Note that turning on this debug option shuffles all the
+ device numbers for all IDE and SCSI devices including libata
+ ones, so root partition specified using device number
+ directly (via rdev or root=MAJ:MIN) won't work anymore.
+ Textual device names (root=/dev/sdXn) will continue to work.
+
Say N if you are unsure.
config LKDTM