Neil Brown wrote:
I haven't included your
Let symlinks to standard devices count as standard names
patch because I don't think I agree with it, and I don't think it is
needed any more.
My concern was that:
for i in `seq 1 5`
do
mdadm -As
mdadm -Ss
done
...would create 5 different device numbers. Your right it is better
now, but between successive assemblies the device numbers still toggle
between two different values. So it's just a small cosmetic issue now.
Are their lifetime issues that preclude predictable device numbers?
I also have left out your
imsm: match_home(), document why it is stubbed out
because I don't understand. Maybe some more words about how
'family_num' can distinguish between "Local" and "Foreign". ??
...it doesn't. 'family_num' is a checksum that includes the serial
numbers of the component disks when the array was first created. So it
can help determine when two arrays were created in different places, but
the metadata can't identify which, if any, is "Local".
I'll redo the comment.
Thanks for the pull and the review,
Dan
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