On 01/25/12 12:37, NeilBrown wrote: >> In the light of the discussion so far, do you have any preference for >> > --preboot/--preroot/--initrd/--offroot >> > > How about > -@ > > A single-character which reflects what it actually does :-) > > I don't like --initrd because it is just wrong. > > I can live with the others. > > I think --offroot is closest to the right meaning (it is both pre and post). > I confess a little discomfort with the word "off" as it can mean both "not on" > and "was on". > > "Did you run mdadm off root, or off /usr ?? Neither, I ran it from initramfs > which is off root." > > But I agree with Doug that the term is sufficiently unusual that people are > unlikely to assume anything about it, so it should be safe. > > I'm tempted to suggest something completely different that starts with --no-, > like > --no-session-manage > but the word 'manage' already has a couple of meaning for mdadm. > > So I'm leaning towards --offroot though I'd go for --outside-root if it were > a bit shorter. > > Maybe we need a name for this thing that exists before root is mounted and > remains until after root is unmounted. If we had a name for that which > reflected its reality, that would work for me. > --initial-root > isn't too bad but probably could be better. > --outer-root > ?? > > > Yes, I know - you wanted a decision and I've just created more options !! > > --offroot Ok I am going to make an executive decision here and name it --offroot. I just want to get this settled and move on, so whoever wants to argue about the name, too late, go back and pound your sandbag instead :) I was tempted to make -@ a short for --offroot, but I am not sure how shell safe @ is, so some other time. Patches coming up shortly. Cheers, Jes -- 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
