From: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:43:47 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Allow real_root to point to LVM-created symlinks.
X-Git-Tag: v3.4.19~5
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=00b5b3ab6603191c5a2e652b26595ab7aa5db188;p=genkernel.git

Allow real_root to point to LVM-created symlinks.

Needed to unbreak root-on-LVM on my laptop.

Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>
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diff --git a/defaults/initrd.scripts b/defaults/initrd.scripts
index da8cb01..b6b01ca 100755
--- a/defaults/initrd.scripts
+++ b/defaults/initrd.scripts
@@ -648,6 +648,11 @@ startVolumes() {
 
 			# To activate volumegroups on all devices in the cache
 			lvm_commands="${lvm_commands} \nvgchange -ay --sysinit"
+			
+			# To create symlinks so users can use real_root=/dev/vg/root
+			# This needs to run after vgchange, using vgchange --mknodes is too
+			# early.
+			lvm_commands="${lvm_commands} \nvgmknodes --ignorelockingfailure"
 
 			# And finally execute it all (/proc/... needed if lvm is compiled without readline)
 			good_msg "Scanning for and activating Volume Groups"