Chris Murphy wrote:
> So yes it's well suited for these cases and the proposal does include
> them. If they wish to be left out, that's up to those working groups.
> It's possible to make sure /etc/systemd/zram-generator is not present.
Also, why does this have to be a systemd generator? As a user administrating
his own systems, I find those to be extremely annoying, because they do
stuff behind my back that I never asked to happen and I have to mask them
(and/or uninstall them completely) to get rid of the unwanted behavior.
E.g., the systemd generator that tries to automount partitions not listed in
fstab based on their GPT UUIDs is just broken. If I do not have the
partition in the fstab, I left it out for a reason (e.g., the swap partition
I have on my SSD in case I ever need it, which is normally NOT mounted to
avoid wearing out the SSD). So why does systemd want to second-guess me and
mount that partition behind my back unless I go out of my way to mask the
magic generator?
So why can this zram feature not be a line in fstab, a parameter passed
through the kernel CLI, or some other solution that is easily tweakable and
that will definitely not affect upgrades of existing installations (unlike
yet another systemd generator, if it happens to get installed for whatever
reason)?
IMHO, the only systemd generator that should ever mount partitions of any
kind (including virtual ones such as zram) is the systemd-fstab-generator.
If you want more stuff mounted, it should be added to /etc/fstab, that's
what that file is for!
Kevin Kofler
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