diff -Nur linux-3.4.2.orig/block/genhd.c linux-3.4.2/block/genhd.c
--- linux-3.4.2.orig/block/genhd.c	2012-06-09 17:36:33.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-3.4.2/block/genhd.c	2012-06-15 18:19:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(ext_devt_mutex);
 static DEFINE_IDR(ext_devt_idr);
 
-static struct device_type disk_type;
+struct device_type disk_type;
 
 static void disk_alloc_events(struct gendisk *disk);
 static void disk_add_events(struct gendisk *disk);
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static struct device_type disk_type = {
+struct device_type disk_type = {
 	.name		= "disk",
 	.groups		= disk_attr_groups,
 	.release	= disk_release,
diff -Nur linux-3.4.2.orig/init/do_mounts.c linux-3.4.2/init/do_mounts.c
--- linux-3.4.2.orig/init/do_mounts.c	2012-06-09 17:36:33.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-3.4.2/init/do_mounts.c	2012-06-15 18:20:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/nfs_fs_sb.h>
 #include <linux/nfs_mount.h>
 
+#include "../fs/ext2/ext2.h"
 #include "do_mounts.h"
 
 int __initdata rd_doload;	/* 1 = load RAM disk, 0 = don't load */
@@ -32,6 +33,132 @@
 
 dev_t ROOT_DEV;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS
+/* support for root=UUID=ce40d6b2-18eb-4a75-aefe-7ddb0995ce63 bootargs */
+
+#include <linux/ext2_fs.h>
+
+__u8 root_dev_uuid[16];
+int root_dev_type;	/* 0 = normal (/dev/hda1, 0301); 1 = UUID; 3 = bad */
+
+/* imported from block/genhd.c after removing its static qualifier */
+extern struct device_type disk_type;
+
+/* helper function */
+static __u8 __init fromhex(char c)
+{
+	if (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
+		return (c - '0');
+	c &= ~32;
+	if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F')
+		return (c - 'A' + 10);
+	return (0xFF);
+}
+
+static void __init parse_uuid(const char *s)
+{
+	int i;
+	__u8 j, k;
+
+	if (strlen(s) != 36 || s[8] != '-' || s[13] != '-' ||
+	    s[18] != '-' || s[23] != '-')
+		goto bad_uuid;
+	for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+		if (*s == '-')
+			++s;
+		j = fromhex(*s++);
+		k = fromhex(*s++);
+		if (j == 0xFF || k == 0xFF)
+			goto bad_uuid;
+		root_dev_uuid[i] = (j << 4) | k;
+	}
+	return;
+ bad_uuid:
+	/* we cannot panic here, defer */
+	root_dev_type = 3;
+}
+
+/* from drivers/md/md.c */
+static void __init initcode_bi_complete(struct bio *bio, int error)
+{
+	complete((struct completion*)bio->bi_private);
+}
+
+static int __init initcode_sync_page_read(struct block_device *bdev,
+    sector_t sector, int size, struct page *page)
+{
+	struct bio *bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, 1);
+	struct completion event;
+	int ret, rw = READ;
+
+	rw |= REQ_SYNC;
+
+	bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
+	bio->bi_sector = sector;
+	bio_add_page(bio, page, size, 0);
+	init_completion(&event);
+	bio->bi_private = &event;
+	bio->bi_end_io = initcode_bi_complete;
+	submit_bio(rw, bio);
+	wait_for_completion(&event);
+
+	ret = test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags);
+	bio_put(bio);
+	/* 0 = failure */
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* most of this taken from fs/ext2/super.c */
+static int __init check_dev(struct gendisk *thedisk, dev_t devt,
+    int blocksize, struct page *page)
+{
+	struct ext2_super_block * es;
+	struct block_device *bdev;
+	unsigned long sb_block = 1;
+	unsigned long logic_sb_block;
+	unsigned long offset = 0;
+	int rv = /* not found */ 0;
+	char bff[22];
+
+	bdev = bdget(devt);
+	if (blkdev_get(bdev, FMODE_READ, NULL)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "VFS: opening block device %s failed!\n",
+		    format_dev_t(bff, devt));
+		return (0);
+	}
+
+	if (blocksize != BLOCK_SIZE) {
+		logic_sb_block = (sb_block*BLOCK_SIZE) / blocksize;
+		offset = (sb_block*BLOCK_SIZE) % blocksize;
+	} else {
+		logic_sb_block = sb_block;
+	}
+
+//	printk(KERN_ERR "D: attempting to read %d @%lu from "
+//	    "bdev %p devt %08X %s\n", blocksize, logic_sb_block,
+//	    bdev, devt, format_dev_t(bff, devt));
+	if (!initcode_sync_page_read(bdev, logic_sb_block, blocksize, page)) {
+//		printk(KERN_ERR "D: failed!\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+	es = (struct ext2_super_block *)(((char *)page_address(page)) + offset);
+	if (le16_to_cpu(es->s_magic) == EXT2_SUPER_MAGIC) {
+//		printk(KERN_ERR "D: has uuid "
+//		    "%02X%02X%02X%02X-%02X%02X-%02X%02X-%02X%02X-%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X\n",
+//		    es->s_uuid[0], es->s_uuid[1], es->s_uuid[2], es->s_uuid[3],
+//		    es->s_uuid[4], es->s_uuid[5], es->s_uuid[6], es->s_uuid[7],
+//		    es->s_uuid[8], es->s_uuid[9], es->s_uuid[10], es->s_uuid[11],
+//		    es->s_uuid[12], es->s_uuid[13], es->s_uuid[14], es->s_uuid[15]);
+		if (!memcmp(es->s_uuid, root_dev_uuid, 16))
+			rv = /* found */ 1;
+	}
+//	  else printk(KERN_ERR "D: bad ext2fs magic\n");
+ out:
+	blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ);
+	return (rv);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_EXT2_FS for UUID support */
+
 static int __init load_ramdisk(char *str)
 {
 	rd_doload = simple_strtol(str,NULL,0) & 3;
@@ -256,6 +383,13 @@
 static int __init root_dev_setup(char *line)
 {
 	strlcpy(saved_root_name, line, sizeof(saved_root_name));
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS
+	root_dev_type = 0;
+	if (!strncmp(line, "UUID=", 5)) {
+		root_dev_type = 1;
+		parse_uuid(line + 5);
+	}
+#endif /* CONFIG_EXT2_FS for UUID support */
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -471,6 +605,83 @@
 
 void __init mount_root(void)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS
+	/* UUID support */
+//	printk_all_partitions();
+	if (root_dev_type == 1) {
+		int blocksize;
+
+		/* from block/genhd.c printk_all_partitions */
+		struct class_dev_iter iter;
+		struct device *dev;
+
+		/* from drivers/md/md.c */
+		struct page *sb_page;
+
+		if (!(sb_page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL))) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR "VFS: no memory for bio page\n");
+			goto nomemforbio;
+		}
+
+//		printk(KERN_ERR "D: root is: "
+//		    "%02X%02X%02X%02X-%02X%02X-%02X%02X-%02X%02X-%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X\n",
+//		    root_dev_uuid[0], root_dev_uuid[1], root_dev_uuid[2], root_dev_uuid[3],
+//		    root_dev_uuid[4], root_dev_uuid[5], root_dev_uuid[6], root_dev_uuid[7],
+//		    root_dev_uuid[8], root_dev_uuid[9], root_dev_uuid[10], root_dev_uuid[11],
+//		    root_dev_uuid[12], root_dev_uuid[13], root_dev_uuid[14], root_dev_uuid[15]);
+		/* from block/genhd.c printk_all_partitions */
+//		printk(KERN_ERR "D: begin iter\n");
+		class_dev_iter_init(&iter, &block_class, NULL, &disk_type);
+		while (root_dev_type && (dev = class_dev_iter_next(&iter))) {
+//			char bff[22];
+			struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
+			struct disk_part_iter piter;
+			struct hd_struct *part;
+			if (get_capacity(disk) == 0 ||
+			    (disk->flags & GENHD_FL_SUPPRESS_PARTITION_INFO)) {
+//				printk(KERN_ERR "D: ignoring\n");
+				continue;
+			}
+			blocksize = queue_logical_block_size(disk->queue);
+//			printk(KERN_ERR "D: gendisk, blocksize %d "
+//			    "name '%s' devt %08X %s #part %d\n", blocksize,
+//			    disk->disk_name, dev->devt,
+//			    format_dev_t(bff, dev->devt),
+//			    disk_max_parts(disk));
+			disk_part_iter_init(&piter, disk, DISK_PITER_INCL_PART0);
+			while (root_dev_type && (part = disk_part_iter_next(&piter))) {
+				/* avoid empty or too small partitions */
+//				printk(KERN_ERR "D: part #%d start %llu "
+//				    "nr %llu\n", part->partno,
+//				    (__u64)part->start_sect,
+//				    (__u64)part->nr_sects);
+				if (part->nr_sects < 8)
+					continue;
+				if (check_dev(disk, MKDEV(MAJOR(dev->devt),
+				    MINOR(dev->devt) + part->partno),
+				    blocksize, sb_page)) {
+					ROOT_DEV = part_devt(part);
+//					printk(KERN_ERR "D: got match!\n");
+					// comment out below for debugging
+					root_dev_type = 0;
+				}
+			}
+			disk_part_iter_exit(&piter);
+		}
+//		printk(KERN_ERR "D: end iter\n");
+		class_dev_iter_exit(&iter);
+		put_page(sb_page);
+	}
+ nomemforbio:
+	if (root_dev_type == 1)
+		printk(KERN_ERR "VFS: Unable to find root by UUID %s.\n",
+		    saved_root_name + 5);
+	else if (root_dev_type == 3)
+		/* execute deferred panic from parse_uuid */
+		panic("Badly formatted UUID %s was supplied as kernel "
+		    "parameter root", saved_root_name + 5);
+#endif /* CONFIG_EXT2_FS for UUID support */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_ROOT_NFS
 	if (ROOT_DEV == Root_NFS) {
 		if (mount_nfs_root())
