Bug#497133: initramfs-tools: explodes when kernel is booted with root=mtd0

[Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net>]

On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 17:37:28 +0200
maximilian attems <max@stro.at> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 11:22:34AM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote:
[...]
>  
> > --- /usr//share/initramfs-tools/scripts/functions.orig
> > 2008-09-01 11:14:11.000000000 -0400
> > +++ /usr//share/initramfs-tools/scripts/functions	2008-09-01
> > 11:18:57.000000000 -0400 @@ -242,11 +242,14 @@ parse_numeric() {
> 
> what i'd be interested is the failure that happens with this patch
> applied, there is no way $ROOT aka mtd0 will be found?!
> 

Correct, but at least it drops me into a shell (rather than giving me a
syntax error and panicking :)

I'm still trying to figure out how to deal w/ root=mtd0 (and wondering
whether it's even worth dealing with, or if I can do something
clever with UBI or flash partitioning)