В Tue, 21 Oct 2014 14:35:58 +0200 Francis Moreau <francis.moro@xxxxxxxxx> пишет: > On 10/20/2014 01:02 PM, Harald Hoyer wrote: > > On 27.09.2014 17:21, Francis Moreau wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I'm looking at the module 'mdraid' of dracut (0.38) and was wondering > >> the purpose of rd.md.uuid= parameter. > >> > >> I understand it can be used to selectively activate the array matching > >> the UUID passed through the parameter but I'm wondering in which cases > >> it can be useful... > >> > >> Also I don't really understand why dracut try to do its own mechanism to > >> achieve that (by providing its own udev rules which are modified at boot > >> time) whereas mdadm already provide the infrastructure (through > >> mdadm.conf) in a cleaner way (IMHO). > > > > > > If mdadm.conf is not included in the initramfs, you want to have a way to > > prevent automatic assembly of all raids found. With big machines, lots of disk, > > you only want to assemble those, which you really need. > > > > Ok but why mdadm.conf wouldn't be included in the initramfs ? If one > doesn't want to start all arrays during the boot process, it's very > likely he doesn't start all arrays automatically while the system is > running, no ? > This could be generic initrd that does not include any host-specific mdadm.conf (or any other host specific configuration for that matter). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe initramfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
