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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 4378d5e923ca..c556896abe57 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -638,6 +638,12 @@ config DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT userland code paths which assume predetermined contiguous device number allocation. + Note that turning on this debug option shuffles all the + device numbers for all IDE and SCSI devices including libata + ones, so root partition specified using device number + directly (via rdev or root=MAJ:MIN) won't work anymore. + Textual device names (root=/dev/sdXn) will continue to work. + Say N if you are unsure. config LKDTM |