[arch-releng] [RFC][archiso] A rain of patches

Dieter Plaetinck dieter at plaetinck.be
Thu Feb 23 07:33:35 EST 2012


On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:30:39 -0300
Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:

> Note if you want to test this without using util-linux 2.21 (not released yet),
> must use these boot params: earlymodules=loop loop.max_loop=16
> 
> Currently archiso_shutdown is broken due recent /lib -> /usr/lib of udev.
> One patch in this series fixes it, this is mostly important when using
> cow_device otherwise there is no harm.
> 
> If there any plans to make new officials images soon
> (before util-linux 2.21), I like to push all these patches, plus adding
> temporary workaround (mentioned boot params) to syslinux.cfg.
> 

when will util-linux 2.21 land? if it's within the year, then yes, I think I'm aiming for a release before util-linux 2.21.

Dieter


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