create /dev/root on boot - fixes cf2nand on rb532

[openwrt/openwrt.git] / package / base-files / files / etc / init.d / boot

diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot b/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot
index 8850311829ec42232b08e90ecd90fbc09102d733..3461eab2fc2b0a4b0860fdd585c5922e915e8837 100755 (executable)
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot
@@ -35,5 +35,11 @@ start() {
        /sbin/hotplug2 --persistent --max-children 5 &
        echo /sbin/hotplug-call > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
 
+       # create /dev/root if it doesn't exist
+       [ -e /dev/root ] || {
+               rootdev=$(awk 'BEGIN { RS=" "; FS="="; } $1 == "root" { print $2 }' < /proc/cmdline)
+               [ -n "$rootdev" ] && ln -s "$rootdev" /dev/root
+       }
+
        load_modules /etc/modules.d/*
 }