Hello,
I had looked at the mkinitrd script of mkinitrd-3.5.22 (for Fedora2).
I had noticed that in the linuxrc file, generated by mkinitrd, if you use usb storage than after "insmod usb-storage" there is a "sleep 5" command.
In the script itself , it says before that sleep command:
# Hack - we need a delay after loading usb-storage to give things # time to settle down before we start looking a block devices
my question is : Is this a MUST only if we are booting the LINUX kernel from a usb mass storage device (like a USB disk)?
In case we are booting from a non-usb disk:is this mandatory? and in case it is - why is it so ? what we are waiting for?
The other "insmod" commands in the linuxrc do not have this sleep command;(for example: scsi_mod.ko , sd_mod.ko , jbd.ko ,ext3.ko)
and in fact this is the ONLY sleep in the mkinitrd command
regards, USB blog
The USB blog: (a dedicated USB blog) http://www.livejournal.com/users/usblog. http://www.livejournal.com/users/rrx
_________________________________________________________________
Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/
-------------------------------------------------------
SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide
Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users.
Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/
_______________________________________________
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To unsubscribe, use the last form field at:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
