On Sat, 13 Feb 2010, Michael Evans wrote:
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.
Gl?ck Auf,
Volker
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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.
hmm, I've used 1.x formats without an initrd/initramfs (and without any
conifg file on the server) and have had no problem with them being
discovered. I haven't tried to use one for a boot/root device, so that may
be the difference.
David Lang
