Slackwarearm-14.1 ChangeLog (2012-12-11)

Tue Dec 11 18:34:24 UTC 2012

/INSTALL_KIRKWOOD.TXT: Amended.
/INSTALL_QEMU.TXT: Amended.
/INSTALL_TEGRA.TXT: Amended.
Added instructions for a local HTTP installation option.
Thanks to dlachausse on linuxquestions.org.
Adjusted the parameter names used to control the delay before attempting to
mount the root file system, and the root file system type.
You do not need to adjust your u-boot settings, as the original parameters
continue to be supported by the initrd.
Thanks to Thorsten Mühlfelder and Richard Lapointe for the suggestion.
  • a/mkinitrd-1.4.7-arm-3.tgz
    Added support for the parameter names that control the delay before attempting
    to mount the root filesystem, and the root file system type: 'rootdelay' and
    'rootfstype' respectively. These are the official/documented parameters in
    the Kernel documentation. The original parameters ('rootfs' and 'waitforroot')
    may still be used.
    Thanks to Thorsten Mühlfelder and Richard Lapointe for the suggestion.
    Unless specified when the initrd is built, or at boot time as a kernel
    parameter, wait a minimum of four seconds for the root device to become ready.
    Thanks to Jirtme Pinot for the suggestion and the patch.
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  • by Giuseppe Di Terlizzi