Bug#270326: kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc: bad commandline default: root=/dev/sda2

[Jens Schmalzing <j.s@lmu.de>]

Hi,

Hollis Blanchard writes:

> The default kernel commandline in the PReP kernel includes
> "root=/dev/sda2".  Please remove this.

Well, this was selected because it is the default from
arch/ppc/Kconfig.  While it is not the ideal solution, I think it
should stay enabled for the time being, because it can easily be
replaced by running

 perl -pi -e s+/dev/sda2+/dev/foo7+ vmlinuz

on the kernel image.  Of course, it would be much better if preptool,
from <URL:http://www.solinno.co.uk/7043-140/files/tools/preptool>,
could be used to change the command line, but it requires a kernel
patch that has not yet been ported forward to 2.6.  If you feel like
hacking on this, you can find the latest version at
<URL:http://www.solinno.co.uk/7043-140/files/2.4.22/010-boot-args.diff>.

Regards, Jens.

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