There is already a switch -f for format handler. Also, user cannot give xxxxx of isw_xxxxx. -----Original Message----- From: ataraid-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ataraid-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darrick J. Wong Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 12:19 PM To: ATARAID (eg, Promise Fasttrak, Highpoint 370) related discussions Subject: Re: create metadata from DMRAID On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 11:23:08AM -0700, Kulkarni, Sunil A wrote: > Is .write being used by any format handlers currently ? If .write is > used to write the complete metadata, then it can be used to create the > metadata also, right ? Last time I looked, the asr handler uses .write when reconfiguring RAID1 sets. And no, create should be in its own function because writing and creating are orthogonal operations--create happens once; write happens any time you reconfigure the array. > Also, instead of 'dmraid -C isw_xxxxxx_raidSet1 .....' > How about 'dmraid -C VolumeName ...' > And then isw can prepend isw_xxxxxx to the volume name to make > isw_xxxxx_VolumeName > This way, different format handlers can make up their own string and one > need not give isw specific string from the command line (since isw_xxxxx > is generated internally by isw anyway). How do you specify which handler format you want? Separate switch, or embedded in the volume name? Also, some raids let you specify a volumename; others only provide for a bunch of hex numbers. --D _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list mailing list Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
