On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>0.90 has a very bad problem, which is that it is hard to distinguish >>between a RAID partition at the end of volume and a full RAID device. >>This is because 0.90 doesn't actually tell you the start of the device. >> >>Then, of course, there are a lot of limitations on size, number of >>devices, and so on in 0.90. > > but it is the only format supporting autodetection. > > So - when will autodetection be introduced with 1.X? And if not, why not? > > All I found was 'autodetection might be troublesome' and nothing else. > But dealing with initrds is troublesome too. Pure evil even. > > Glück Auf, > Volker > -- > 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 > I remember hearing that 1.x had /no/ plans for kernel level auto-detection ever. That can be accomplished in early-userspace leaving the code in the kernel much less complex, and therefore far more reliable. In other words, 'auto-detection' for 1.x format devices is using an initrd/initramfs. -- 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
