On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:03:43 -0900 (AKST) "Mr. James W. Laferriere" <babydr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Bill , > > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> On Sonntag 14 Februar 2010, you wrote: > >>> In other words, 'auto-detection' for 1.x format devices is using an > >>> initrd/initramfs. > >> > >> which makes 1.x format useless for everybody who does not want to deal with > >> initrd/initramfs. > > > > You make this sound like some major big deal. are you running your own > > distribution? In most cases mkinitrd does the right thing when you "make > > install" the kernel, and if you are doing something in the build so complex > > that it needs options, you really should understand the options and be sure > > you're doing what you want. > > > > Generally this involves preloading a module or two, and if you need it every > > time you probably should have built it in, anyway. > > > > My opinion... > My Opinion as well . That is one of the many reasons why I have my '/' > autoassemble . And do to this I am permanently stuck at 0.90 version of the > raid table . No big shakes for that . But at sometime in the past there was a > discussion to have the 0.90 raid table be removed , NOW THAT SCARES THE H?LL > OUT OF ME . So far Neil has not done so . > > I am unaware of any record from Neil or other maintainer(s) of the > /md/ device tree saying that they will not remove the 0.90 table and the > autoassembly functions there . I'd very much like to hear a statement saying > there will not be a removal of the autoassembly functions for 0.90 raid table > from the kernel tree . I will not be removing 0.90 or auto-assemble from the kernel in the foreseeable future. None the less, I recommend weaning yourself from your dependence on it. initramfs is the future, embrace it. NeilBrown -- 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
