[Bug 247153] Re: encrypted root initialisation races/fails on hotplug devices (does not wait)

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[Expired for initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity
for 60 days.]

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  encrypted root initialisation races/fails on hotplug devices (does not
  wait)

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  I installed ubuntu 8.0.4 to a USB flash drive. I have a volume group
  that contains encrypted root and swap logical volumes.  On some
  machines the USB drive appears later than initramfs:/scripts/local-
  top/cryptroot enters /conf/conf.d/cryptroot.

  As a hack I put in a 10 seconds delay:

  *** scripts/local-top/cryptroot-        2008-07-09 00:26:36.000000000 +0900
  --- scripts/local-top/cryptroot 2008-07-09 00:27:14.000000000 +0900
  ***************
  *** 271,274 ****
  --- 271,275 ----
    # Do we have any settings from the /conf/conf.d/cryptroot file?
    if [ -r /conf/conf.d/cryptroot ]; then
  +       sleep 10
          while read mapping; do
                  setup_mapping "$mapping"

  This is only temporary, a better solution could be to wait in
  activate_vg for the device to appear before setting up the volume
  group, just like https://launchpad.net/bugs/85640.

  If you can provide a patch that is better than this I could try it
  out. I will be offline for 3 weeks.

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