Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Jan 29 2008 18:08, Bill Davidsen wrote: > >>> IIRC there was a discussion a while back on renaming mdadm options >>> (google "Time to deprecate old RAID formats?") and the superblocks >>> to emphasise the location and data structure. Would it be good to >>> introduce the new names at the same time as changing the default >>> format/on-disk-location? >> Yes, I suggested some layout names, as did a few other people, and >> a few changes to separate metadata type and position were >> discussed. BUT, changing the default layout, no matter how "better" >> it seems, is trumped by "breaks existing setups and user practice." > > Layout names are a different matter from what the default sb type should > be. Indeed they are. Or rather should be. However the current default sb includes a layout element. If the default sb is changed then it seems like an opportunity to detach the data format from the on-disk location. David - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
