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diff --git a/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt b/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt index c93bed6..97d45f2 100644 --- a/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt @@ -129,6 +129,20 @@ decimal 11 is the major of SCSI CD-ROMs, and the minor 0 stands for the first of these. You can find out all valid major numbers by looking into include/linux/major.h. +In addition to major and minor numbers, if the device containing your +root partition uses a partition table format with unique partition +identifiers, then you may use them. For instance, +"root=PARTUUID=00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF". It is also +possible to reference another partition on the same device using a +known partition UUID as the starting point. For example, +if partition 5 of the device has the UUID of +00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF then partition 3 may be found as +follows: + PARTUUID=00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF/PARTNROFF=-2 + +Authoritative information can be found in +"Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt". + 2.2) ro, rw ----------- |
