From 323005e4b8468ab9f7151d883d3df7b75f130911 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ferenc Wagner Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:16:04 +0100 Subject: initramfs-tools: make the panic argument available in the rescue shell Sometimes one misses the error message printed by the panic helper function, for example when attaching a serial console after the fact, or if kernel messages resulting from udev activity obscure or scroll it away. Please consider adding some facility like the attached patch. Thanks, Feri. (closes: #569033) Signed-off-by: maximilian attems --- initramfs-tools.8 | 4 ++++ scripts/functions | 2 +- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/initramfs-tools.8 b/initramfs-tools.8 index 2ba022a..55d413a 100644 --- a/initramfs-tools.8 +++ b/initramfs-tools.8 @@ -504,6 +504,10 @@ set according relevant boot option. \fB\fI break Useful for manual intervention during setup and coding an boot script. .TP +\fB\fI REASON +Argument passed to the \fIpanic\fP helper function. Use to find out why +you landed in the initramfs shell. +.TP \fB\fI init passes the path to init(8) usually /sbin/init. .TP diff --git a/scripts/functions b/scripts/functions index 77de8f3..c34dd4a 100644 --- a/scripts/functions +++ b/scripts/functions @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ panic() modprobe i8042 modprobe atkbd echo $@ - PS1='(initramfs) ' /bin/sh -i /dev/console 2>&1 + REASON="$@" PS1='(initramfs) ' /bin/sh -i /dev/console 2>&1 } maybe_break() -- cgit v1.2.3