Re: getting usb mass storage to finish before running init?

[Randy Dunlap]

> On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 03:00:21 +0100, you wrote in linux.kernel:
>
>> I can put a sleep in there but that is sloppy, and can not really be
>> relied apon (since technically there is no way I can know how long the
>> detection phase will take), and also I may be waisting time (which I
>> don't want to, I want a fast booting router).
>
> Check available devices for root filesystem (in case you're booting from
> IDE). If it's not there, wait a moment, then look for additional
> devices. If nothing shows up, repeat.

That's basically what my usb-boot patch for 2.4.22 does:
  http://www.xenotime.net/linux/usb/usbboot-2422.patch

I haven't tried to port it to 2.6.x.
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~Randy



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