Bug#497133: initramfs-tools: explodes when kernel is booted with root=mtd0
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.92f
On OLPC machines, root is a nand device that is mounted as mtd0 (it is
neither a block device nor a char device). The arguments passed to the
kernel are "ro root=mtd0 rootfstype=jffs2".
Unfortunately, attempting to use an initrd based upon initramfs-tools
on such a machine results in a kernel panic and a syntax error.
Begin: Mounting root file system ... /init: line 172: syntax error:
0xmtd0
The probably appears to be in parse_numeric(); the init scripts assume
that normal devices are always prefixed with /, and root= strings that
aren't are raw device numbers (prefixing them with 0x). I'm not sure
if there are other devices similar to mtd that don't begin with a /.
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