"root=LABEL=/" not valid without initrd.img

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

  ok, i've managed to lose why the above doesn't work, but
can someone explain why, if i decide to recompile my kernel
to build ext3 support directly in, i can no longer refer to
my root partition with "LABEL=/", but *must* use the special
device file name?

  if i remember correctly, the initrd.img has support for
that syntax that you lose if you don't have an initrd.img.

  is that about right?

rday

p.s.  more silly questions coming soon.

p.p.s.  for ed bailey's sake, i will never ask questions about
documentation again.